Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2-2025-2911
Advisory Released Date: 2025-07-10
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-07-10
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
The html.parser.HTMLParser class had worse-case quadratic complexity when processing certain crafted malformed inputs potentially leading to amplified denial-of-service. (CVE-2025-6069)
Affected Packages:
python
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 to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
python-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.13.aarch64
python-libs-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.13.aarch64
python-devel-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.13.aarch64
python-tools-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.13.aarch64
tkinter-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.13.aarch64
python-test-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.13.aarch64
python-debug-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.13.aarch64
python-debuginfo-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.13.aarch64
i686:
python-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.13.i686
python-libs-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.13.i686
python-devel-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.13.i686
python-tools-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.13.i686
tkinter-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.13.i686
python-test-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.13.i686
python-debug-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.13.i686
python-debuginfo-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.13.i686
src:
python-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.13.src
x86_64:
python-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.13.x86_64
python-libs-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.13.x86_64
python-devel-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.13.x86_64
python-tools-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.13.x86_64
tkinter-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.13.x86_64
python-test-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.13.x86_64
python-debug-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.13.x86_64
python-debuginfo-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.13.x86_64