Summary
Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2023 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2024-0450: An issue was found in the CPython `zipfile` module affecting versions 3.12.2, 3.11.8, 3.10.13, 3.9.18, and 3.8.18 and prior. The zipfile module is vulnerable to "quoted-overlap" zip-bombs which exploit the zip format to create a zip-bomb with a high compression ratio. The fixed versions of CPython makes the zipfile module reject zip archives which overlap entries in the archive.
Fixed packages 10
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | python-unversioned-command | 0:3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.7 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | python3 | 0:3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.7 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | python3-debug | 0:3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.7 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | python3-devel | 0:3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.7 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | python3-idle | 0:3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.7 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | python3-libs | 0:3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.7 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | python3-test | 0:3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.7 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | python3-tkinter | 0:3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.7 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | python3.9-debuginfo | 0:3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.7 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | python3.9-debugsource | 0:3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.7 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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Medium 6.2
Quoted zip-bomb protection for zipfile
An issue was found in the CPython `zipfile` module affecting versions 3.12.1, 3.11.7, 3.10.13, 3.9.18, and 3.8.18 and prior. The zipfile module is vulnerable to “quoted-overlap” zip-bombs which exploit the zip format to create a zip-bomb with a high compressi…
References
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web
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-0450.html