Summary
Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2024-6232: There is a MEDIUM severity vulnerability affecting CPython. Regular expressions that allowed excessive backtracking during tarfile.TarFile header parsing are vulnerable to ReDoS via specifically-crafted tar archives.
Fixed packages 8
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux · 2 | python3 | 0:3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.8 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | python3-debug | 0:3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.8 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | python3-debuginfo | 0:3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.8 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | python3-devel | 0:3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.8 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | python3-libs | 0:3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.8 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | python3-test | 0:3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.8 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | python3-tkinter | 0:3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.8 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | python3-tools | 0:3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.8 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.5CVE-2024-6232 Public exploit
Regular-expression DoS when parsing TarFile headers
There is a MEDIUM severity vulnerability affecting CPython. Regular expressions that allowed excessive backtracking during tarfile.TarFile header parsing are vulnerable to ReDoS via specifically-crafted tar archives.
References
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web
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-6232.html