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Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2021-1611
Advisory Release Date: 2021-02-19 01:27 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2021-02-19 22:07 Pacific
Severity:
Medium
References:
CVE-2021-3177
Issue Overview:
A flaw was found in python. A stack-based buffer overflow was discovered in the ctypes module provided within Python. Applications that use ctypes without carefully validating the input passed to it may be vulnerable to this flaw, which would allow an attacker to overflow a buffer on the stack and crash the application. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. (CVE-2021-3177)
Affected Packages:
python, python3
Issue Correction:
Run yum update python to update your system.
Run yum update python3 to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
python3-3.7.9-1.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
python3-libs-3.7.9-1.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
python3-devel-3.7.9-1.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
python3-tools-3.7.9-1.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
python3-tkinter-3.7.9-1.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
python3-test-3.7.9-1.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
python3-debug-3.7.9-1.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
python3-debuginfo-3.7.9-1.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
python-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
python-libs-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
python-devel-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
python-tools-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
tkinter-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
python-test-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
python-debug-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
python-debuginfo-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
i686:
python3-3.7.9-1.amzn2.0.2.i686
python3-libs-3.7.9-1.amzn2.0.2.i686
python3-devel-3.7.9-1.amzn2.0.2.i686
python3-tools-3.7.9-1.amzn2.0.2.i686
python3-tkinter-3.7.9-1.amzn2.0.2.i686
python3-test-3.7.9-1.amzn2.0.2.i686
python3-debug-3.7.9-1.amzn2.0.2.i686
python3-debuginfo-3.7.9-1.amzn2.0.2.i686
python-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.3.i686
python-libs-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.3.i686
python-devel-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.3.i686
python-tools-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.3.i686
tkinter-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.3.i686
python-test-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.3.i686
python-debug-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.3.i686
python-debuginfo-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.3.i686
src:
python3-3.7.9-1.amzn2.0.2.src
python-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.3.src
x86_64:
python3-3.7.9-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
python3-libs-3.7.9-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
python3-devel-3.7.9-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
python3-tools-3.7.9-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
python3-tkinter-3.7.9-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
python3-test-3.7.9-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
python3-debug-3.7.9-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
python3-debuginfo-3.7.9-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
python-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
python-libs-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
python-devel-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
python-tools-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
tkinter-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
python-test-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
python-debug-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
python-debuginfo-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64