ALAS-2024-2515

Related 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. (CVE-2024-0450)

ALAS-2024-2515


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2024-2515
Advisory Release Date: 2024-04-11 01:07 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-04-15 12:00 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

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. (CVE-2024-0450)


Affected Packages:

python3


Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.


Issue Correction:
Run yum update python3 to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    python3-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.aarch64
    python3-libs-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.aarch64
    python3-devel-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.aarch64
    python3-tools-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.aarch64
    python3-tkinter-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.aarch64
    python3-test-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.aarch64
    python3-debug-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.aarch64
    python3-debuginfo-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.aarch64

i686:
    python3-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.i686
    python3-libs-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.i686
    python3-devel-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.i686
    python3-tools-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.i686
    python3-tkinter-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.i686
    python3-test-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.i686
    python3-debug-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.i686
    python3-debuginfo-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.i686

src:
    python3-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.src

x86_64:
    python3-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.x86_64
    python3-libs-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.x86_64
    python3-devel-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.x86_64
    python3-tools-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.x86_64
    python3-tkinter-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.x86_64
    python3-test-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.x86_64
    python3-debug-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.x86_64
    python3-debuginfo-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.5.x86_64