Summary
Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2019-5010: A null pointer dereference vulnerability was found in the certificate parsing code in Python. This causes a denial of service to applications when parsing specially crafted certificates. This vulnerability is unlikely to be triggered if application enables SSL/TLS certificate validation and accepts certificates only from trusted root certificate authorities. 1666519: CVE-2019-5010 python: NULL pointer dereference using a specially crafted X509 certificate
Fixed packages 8
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux · 2 | python3 | 0:3.7.2-4.amzn2.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | python3-debug | 0:3.7.2-4.amzn2.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | python3-debuginfo | 0:3.7.2-4.amzn2.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | python3-devel | 0:3.7.2-4.amzn2.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | python3-libs | 0:3.7.2-4.amzn2.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | python3-test | 0:3.7.2-4.amzn2.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | python3-tkinter | 0:3.7.2-4.amzn2.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | python3-tools | 0:3.7.2-4.amzn2.0.1 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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Medium 5.9
An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the X509 certificate parser of Python.org Python 2.7.11 / 3.6.…
References
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web
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2019-5010.html