Summary
Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-48566: An issue was discovered in compare_digest in Lib/hmac.py in Python through 3.9.1. Constant-time-defeating optimisations were possible in the accumulator variable in hmac.compare_digest.
Fixed packages 8
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux · 2 | python | 0:2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.8 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | python-debug | 0:2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.8 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | python-debuginfo | 0:2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.8 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | python-devel | 0:2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.8 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | python-libs | 0:2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.8 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | python-test | 0:2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.8 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | python-tools | 0:2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.8 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | tkinter | 0:2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.8 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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An issue was discovered in compare_digest in Lib/hmac.py in Python through 3.9.1. Constant-time-defeating optimisations…
References
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web
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-48566.html