Medium: python-pip

Issue Overview:

A vulnerability was found in the way the ipaddress python module computes hash values in the IPv4Interface and IPv6Interface classes. This flaw allows an attacker to create many dictionary entries, due to the performance of a dictionary containing the IPv4Interface or IPv6Interface objects, possibly resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. (CVE-2020-14422)

Affected Packages:

python-pip

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 python-pip to update your system.

New Packages:

noarch:  
    python2-pip-20.2.2-1.amzn2.0.4.noarch  
    python3-pip-20.2.2-1.amzn2.0.4.noarch  
    python-pip-wheel-20.2.2-1.amzn2.0.4.noarch  
  
src:  
    python-pip-20.2.2-1.amzn2.0.4.src  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2020-14422

Mitre: CVE-2020-14422