ALAS2-2023-2330

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)

ALAS2-2023-2330


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-2330
Advisory Release Date: 2023-10-30 23:59 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-11-01 22:22 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:

python


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

New Packages:
aarch64:
    python-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.7.aarch64
    python-libs-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.7.aarch64
    python-devel-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.7.aarch64
    python-tools-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.7.aarch64
    tkinter-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.7.aarch64
    python-test-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.7.aarch64
    python-debug-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.7.aarch64
    python-debuginfo-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.7.aarch64

i686:
    python-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.7.i686
    python-libs-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.7.i686
    python-devel-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.7.i686
    python-tools-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.7.i686
    tkinter-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.7.i686
    python-test-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.7.i686
    python-debug-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.7.i686
    python-debuginfo-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.7.i686

src:
    python-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.7.src

x86_64:
    python-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.7.x86_64
    python-libs-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.7.x86_64
    python-devel-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.7.x86_64
    python-tools-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.7.x86_64
    tkinter-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.7.x86_64
    python-test-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.7.x86_64
    python-debug-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.7.x86_64
    python-debuginfo-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.7.x86_64