ALAS2-2025-2911


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