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Eval Injection Affecting python-libs package, versions <0:2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.5

medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    User Interaction Required
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.66% (80th percentile)
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NVD
9.8 critical
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SUSE
8.1 high
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Red Hat
7.5 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-PYTHONLIBS-2862861
  • published 8 Jun 2022
  • disclosed 22 Oct 2020
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Introduced: 22 Oct 2020

CVE-2020-27619 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-95 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 python-libs to version 0:2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.5 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2022-1802.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python-libs package and not the python-libs package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Python 3 through 3.9.0, the Lib/test/multibytecodec_support.py CJK codec tests call eval() on content retrieved via HTTP.

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