Medium: python27

Issue Overview:

It was discovered (http://bugs.python.org/issue21766) that Python built-in module CGIHTTPServer does not properly handle URL-encoded path separators in URLs which may enable attackers to disclose a CGI script’s source code or execute arbitrary scripts in the server’s document root. (CVE-2014-4650)

Integer overflow in bufferobject.c in Python before 2.7.8 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a large size and offset in a “buffer” function. (CVE-2014-7185)

Affected Packages:

python27

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

New Packages:

i686:  
    python27-tools-2.7.8-6.74.amzn1.i686  
    python27-debuginfo-2.7.8-6.74.amzn1.i686  
    python27-devel-2.7.8-6.74.amzn1.i686  
    python27-test-2.7.8-6.74.amzn1.i686  
    python27-libs-2.7.8-6.74.amzn1.i686  
    python27-2.7.8-6.74.amzn1.i686  
  
src:  
    python27-2.7.8-6.74.amzn1.src  
  
x86_64:  
    python27-debuginfo-2.7.8-6.74.amzn1.x86_64  
    python27-devel-2.7.8-6.74.amzn1.x86_64  
    python27-test-2.7.8-6.74.amzn1.x86_64  
    python27-2.7.8-6.74.amzn1.x86_64  
    python27-libs-2.7.8-6.74.amzn1.x86_64  
    python27-tools-2.7.8-6.74.amzn1.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2014-4650, CVE-2014-7185

Mitre: CVE-2014-4650, CVE-2014-7185