Summary
Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2023 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 9
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | python3.11 | 0:3.11.6-1.amzn2023.0.4 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | python3.11-debug | 0:3.11.6-1.amzn2023.0.4 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | python3.11-debuginfo | 0:3.11.6-1.amzn2023.0.4 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | python3.11-debugsource | 0:3.11.6-1.amzn2023.0.4 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | python3.11-devel | 0:3.11.6-1.amzn2023.0.4 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | python3.11-idle | 0:3.11.6-1.amzn2023.0.4 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | python3.11-libs | 0:3.11.6-1.amzn2023.0.4 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | python3.11-test | 0:3.11.6-1.amzn2023.0.4 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | python3.11-tkinter | 0:3.11.6-1.amzn2023.0.4 |
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