ALAS-2023-1880

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)

ALAS-2023-1880


Amazon Linux 1 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-1880
Advisory Release Date: 2023-10-30 23:31 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-11-03 18:20 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:

python27


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

New Packages:
i686:
    python27-devel-2.7.18-2.149.amzn1.i686
    python27-debuginfo-2.7.18-2.149.amzn1.i686
    python27-2.7.18-2.149.amzn1.i686
    python27-tools-2.7.18-2.149.amzn1.i686
    python27-test-2.7.18-2.149.amzn1.i686
    python27-libs-2.7.18-2.149.amzn1.i686

src:
    python27-2.7.18-2.149.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    python27-tools-2.7.18-2.149.amzn1.x86_64
    python27-libs-2.7.18-2.149.amzn1.x86_64
    python27-devel-2.7.18-2.149.amzn1.x86_64
    python27-debuginfo-2.7.18-2.149.amzn1.x86_64
    python27-test-2.7.18-2.149.amzn1.x86_64
    python27-2.7.18-2.149.amzn1.x86_64