Amazon Linux AMI update for python3.11

Published: 2024-08-06

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	1
CVE-ID	CVE-2024-0450
CWE-ID	CWE-400
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	Amazon Linux AMI Operating systems & Components / Operating system python3.11 Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component
Vendor	Amazon Web Services

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU87685

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-0450

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to the zipfile module does not properly control consumption of internal resources when extracting files from a zip archive. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted archive aka zip-bomb to the application, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages:

aarch64:
    python3.11-tkinter-3.11.6-1.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
    python3.11-devel-3.11.6-1.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
    python3.11-3.11.6-1.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
    python3.11-debugsource-3.11.6-1.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
    python3.11-idle-3.11.6-1.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
    python3.11-debug-3.11.6-1.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
    python3.11-debuginfo-3.11.6-1.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
    python3.11-libs-3.11.6-1.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
    python3.11-test-3.11.6-1.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64

src:
    python3.11-3.11.6-1.amzn2023.0.2.src

x86_64:
    python3.11-3.11.6-1.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64
    python3.11-tkinter-3.11.6-1.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64
    python3.11-debugsource-3.11.6-1.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64
    python3.11-idle-3.11.6-1.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64
    python3.11-devel-3.11.6-1.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64
    python3.11-debug-3.11.6-1.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64
    python3.11-debuginfo-3.11.6-1.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64
    python3.11-libs-3.11.6-1.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64
    python3.11-test-3.11.6-1.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

python3.11: before 3.11.6-1

CPE2.3

cpe:2.3:o:amazon_web_services:amazon_linux_ami:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2024-588.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.