ALAS2-2023-2317

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-48565  

An XML External Entity (XXE) issue was discovered in Python through 3.9.1. The plistlib module no longer accepts entity declarations in XML plist files to avoid XML vulnerabilities. (CVE-2022-48565)

ALAS2-2023-2317


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-2317
Advisory Release Date: 2023-10-25 21:40 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-10-26 22:58 Pacific
Severity: Important

Issue Overview:

An XML External Entity (XXE) issue was discovered in Python through 3.9.1. The plistlib module no longer accepts entity declarations in XML plist files to avoid XML vulnerabilities. (CVE-2022-48565)


Affected Packages:

python3


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

New Packages:
aarch64:
    python3-3.7.10-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    python3-libs-3.7.10-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    python3-devel-3.7.10-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    python3-tools-3.7.10-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    python3-tkinter-3.7.10-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    python3-test-3.7.10-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    python3-debug-3.7.10-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    python3-debuginfo-3.7.10-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64

i686:
    python3-3.7.10-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
    python3-libs-3.7.10-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
    python3-devel-3.7.10-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
    python3-tools-3.7.10-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
    python3-tkinter-3.7.10-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
    python3-test-3.7.10-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
    python3-debug-3.7.10-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
    python3-debuginfo-3.7.10-1.amzn2.0.1.i686

src:
    python3-3.7.10-1.amzn2.0.1.src

x86_64:
    python3-3.7.10-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    python3-libs-3.7.10-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    python3-devel-3.7.10-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    python3-tools-3.7.10-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    python3-tkinter-3.7.10-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    python3-test-3.7.10-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    python3-debug-3.7.10-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    python3-debuginfo-3.7.10-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64