Amazon Linux AMI update for python3.9



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2024-0450
CWE-ID CWE-400
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Amazon Linux AMI
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

python3.9
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Amazon Web Services

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU87685

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-0450

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to the zipfile module does not properly control consumption of internal resources when extracting files from a zip archive. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted archive aka zip-bomb to the application, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages:

aarch64:
    python3-tkinter-3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.7.aarch64
    python3-3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.7.aarch64
    python3-devel-3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.7.aarch64
    python3.9-debugsource-3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.7.aarch64
    python3-idle-3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.7.aarch64
    python3-debug-3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.7.aarch64
    python3.9-debuginfo-3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.7.aarch64
    python3-libs-3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.7.aarch64
    python3-test-3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.7.aarch64

noarch:
    python-unversioned-command-3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.7.noarch

src:
    python3.9-3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.7.src

x86_64:
    python3-tkinter-3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.7.x86_64
    python3-3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.7.x86_64
    python3-devel-3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.7.x86_64
    python3-idle-3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.7.x86_64
    python3.9-debugsource-3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.7.x86_64
    python3-debug-3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.7.x86_64
    python3.9-debuginfo-3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.7.x86_64
    python3-libs-3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.7.x86_64
    python3-test-3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.7.x86_64

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

python3.9: before 3.9.16-1

CPE2.3 External links

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2024-605.html


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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