ALAS-2020-1342

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2019-16935  

The documentation XML-RPC server in Python through 2.7.16, 3.x through 3.6.9, and 3.7.x through 3.7.4 has XSS via the server_title field. This occurs in Lib/DocXMLRPCServer.py in Python 2.x, and in Lib/xmlrpc/server.py in Python 3.x. If set_server_title is called with untrusted input, arbitrary JavaScript can be delivered to clients that visit the http URL for this server. (CVE-2019-16935)

ALAS-2020-1342


Amazon Linux AMI Security Advisory: ALAS-2020-1342
Advisory Release Date: 2020-02-10 23:33 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2020-02-13 00:14 Pacific
Severity: Medium
References: CVE-2019-16935 

Issue Overview:

The documentation XML-RPC server in Python through 2.7.16, 3.x through 3.6.9, and 3.7.x through 3.7.4 has XSS via the server_title field. This occurs in Lib/DocXMLRPCServer.py in Python 2.x, and in Lib/xmlrpc/server.py in Python 3.x. If set_server_title is called with untrusted input, arbitrary JavaScript can be delivered to clients that visit the http URL for this server. (CVE-2019-16935)


Affected Packages:

python27, python35, python36


Issue Correction:
Run yum update python27 to update your system.
Run yum update python35 to update your system.
Run yum update python36 to update your system.

New Packages:
i686:
    python27-tools-2.7.16-1.131.amzn1.i686
    python27-devel-2.7.16-1.131.amzn1.i686
    python27-test-2.7.16-1.131.amzn1.i686
    python27-libs-2.7.16-1.131.amzn1.i686
    python27-debuginfo-2.7.16-1.131.amzn1.i686
    python27-2.7.16-1.131.amzn1.i686
    python35-debuginfo-3.5.7-1.25.amzn1.i686
    python35-tools-3.5.7-1.25.amzn1.i686
    python35-libs-3.5.7-1.25.amzn1.i686
    python35-devel-3.5.7-1.25.amzn1.i686
    python35-3.5.7-1.25.amzn1.i686
    python35-test-3.5.7-1.25.amzn1.i686
    python36-debuginfo-3.6.10-1.16.amzn1.i686
    python36-libs-3.6.10-1.16.amzn1.i686
    python36-test-3.6.10-1.16.amzn1.i686
    python36-debug-3.6.10-1.16.amzn1.i686
    python36-tools-3.6.10-1.16.amzn1.i686
    python36-devel-3.6.10-1.16.amzn1.i686
    python36-3.6.10-1.16.amzn1.i686

src:
    python27-2.7.16-1.131.amzn1.src
    python35-3.5.7-1.25.amzn1.src
    python36-3.6.10-1.16.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    python27-2.7.16-1.131.amzn1.x86_64
    python27-libs-2.7.16-1.131.amzn1.x86_64
    python27-test-2.7.16-1.131.amzn1.x86_64
    python27-tools-2.7.16-1.131.amzn1.x86_64
    python27-devel-2.7.16-1.131.amzn1.x86_64
    python27-debuginfo-2.7.16-1.131.amzn1.x86_64
    python35-devel-3.5.7-1.25.amzn1.x86_64
    python35-tools-3.5.7-1.25.amzn1.x86_64
    python35-test-3.5.7-1.25.amzn1.x86_64
    python35-debuginfo-3.5.7-1.25.amzn1.x86_64
    python35-3.5.7-1.25.amzn1.x86_64
    python35-libs-3.5.7-1.25.amzn1.x86_64
    python36-tools-3.6.10-1.16.amzn1.x86_64
    python36-debug-3.6.10-1.16.amzn1.x86_64
    python36-test-3.6.10-1.16.amzn1.x86_64
    python36-devel-3.6.10-1.16.amzn1.x86_64
    python36-libs-3.6.10-1.16.amzn1.x86_64
    python36-3.6.10-1.16.amzn1.x86_64
    python36-debuginfo-3.6.10-1.16.amzn1.x86_64