Important: python3

Issue Overview:

An issue was found in the CPython tempfile.TemporaryDirectory class affecting versions 3.12.2, 3.11.8, 3.10.13, 3.9.18, and 3.8.18 and prior.

The tempfile.TemporaryDirectory class would dereference symlinks during cleanup of permissions-related errors. This means users which can run privileged programs are potentially able to modify permissions of files referenced by symlinks in some circumstances. (CVE-2023-6597)

Affected Packages:

python3

Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.

Issue Correction:
Run yum update python3 to update your system.

New Packages:

aarch64:  
    python3-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.6.aarch64  
    python3-libs-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.6.aarch64  
    python3-devel-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.6.aarch64  
    python3-tools-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.6.aarch64  
    python3-tkinter-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.6.aarch64  
    python3-test-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.6.aarch64  
    python3-debug-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.6.aarch64  
    python3-debuginfo-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.6.aarch64  
  
i686:  
    python3-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.6.i686  
    python3-libs-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.6.i686  
    python3-devel-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.6.i686  
    python3-tools-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.6.i686  
    python3-tkinter-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.6.i686  
    python3-test-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.6.i686  
    python3-debug-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.6.i686  
    python3-debuginfo-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.6.i686  
  
src:  
    python3-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.6.src  
  
x86_64:  
    python3-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.6.x86_64  
    python3-libs-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.6.x86_64  
    python3-devel-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.6.x86_64  
    python3-tools-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.6.x86_64  
    python3-tkinter-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.6.x86_64  
    python3-test-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.6.x86_64  
    python3-debug-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.6.x86_64  
    python3-debuginfo-3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.6.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2023-6597

Mitre: CVE-2023-6597