Amazon Linux 2 2.0.20221210.1 release notes - Amazon Linux 2
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Amazon Linux 2 2.0.20221210.1 release notes

Amazon Linux 2 was updated.

Major updates

This release includes an important security update for python3-3.7 (python3-3.7.15-1.amzn2.0.2). Unless automatic security updates are disabled on launch, this update will be applied to new instance launches. Customers that run yum update --security, or other yum update commands, also see this package updated on their instances. Customers who change the /usr/bin/python3 symlink to point to another version of python3, such as python-3.8, could see their python programs and environments experience issues as this symlink is reset to point at /usr/bin/python3.7. This is a result of the /usr/bin/python3 symlink being owned by the python-3.7 package. Yum will overwrite any files a package owns, unless it's configured not to. Due to other potential system and customer impacts, this symlink can't be removed from the python3-3.7 package. To avoid issues, customer can:

  • Use virtualenv with python-3.8 and later versions of python3.

  • Configure any scripts or software that requires a later version of python to directly use the correct versioned binary. For example: Change calls to /usr/bin/python3 to /usr/bin/python3.8.

  • Disable automatic security updates at launch, and manually apply specific security updates.

  • Write a script to detect any changes to the /usr/bin/python3 symlink and automatically revert the change.

Package updates

Amazon Linux 2 includes the following packages.

aws-cfn-bootstrap-2.0-20.amzn2.noarch

curl-7.79.1-7.amzn2.0.1.aarch64

curl-7.79.1-7.amzn2.0.1.x86_64

e2fsprogs-1.42.9-19.amzn2.0.1.aarch64

e2fsprogs-1.42.9-19.amzn2.0.1.x86_64

e2fsprogs-libs-1.42.9-19.amzn2.0.1.aarch64

e2fsprogs-libs-1.42.9-19.amzn2.0.1.x86_64

ec2-net-utils-1.7.3-1.amzn2.noarch

expat-2.1.0-15.amzn2.0.2.aarch64

expat-2.1.0-15.amzn2.0.2.x86_64

kernel-4.14.301-224.520.amzn2.aarch64

kernel-4.14.301-224.520.amzn2.x86_64

kernel-5.10.157-139.675.amzn2.aarch64

kernel-5.10.157-139.675.amzn2.x86_64

kernel-devel-4.14.301-224.520.amzn2.x86_64

kernel-headers-4.14.301-224.520.amzn2.x86_64

kernel-tools-4.14.301-224.520.amzn2.aarch64

kernel-tools-4.14.301-224.520.amzn2.x86_64

kernel-tools-5.10.157-139.675.amzn2.aarch64

kernel-tools-5.10.157-139.675.amzn2.x86_64

kpartx-0.4.9-136.amzn2.aarch64

kpartx-0.4.9-136.amzn2.x86_64

libblkid-2.30.2-2.amzn2.0.10.aarch64

libblkid-2.30.2-2.amzn2.0.10.x86_64

libcom_err-1.42.9-19.amzn2.0.1.aarch64

libcom_err-1.42.9-19.amzn2.0.1.x86_64

libcurl-7.79.1-7.amzn2.0.1.aarch64

libcurl-7.79.1-7.amzn2.0.1.x86_64

libfdisk-2.30.2-2.amzn2.0.10.aarch64

libfdisk-2.30.2-2.amzn2.0.10.x86_64

libmount-2.30.2-2.amzn2.0.10.aarch64

libmount-2.30.2-2.amzn2.0.10.x86_64

libsmartcols-2.30.2-2.amzn2.0.10.aarch64

libsmartcols-2.30.2-2.amzn2.0.10.x86_64

libss-1.42.9-19.amzn2.0.1.aarch64

libss-1.42.9-19.amzn2.0.1.x86_64

libtiff-4.0.3-35.amzn2.0.5.aarch64

libtiff-4.0.3-35.amzn2.0.5.x86_64

libuuid-2.30.2-2.amzn2.0.10.aarch64

libuuid-2.30.2-2.amzn2.0.10.x86_64

microcode_ctl-2.1-47.amzn2.0.14.x86_64

ncurses-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.4.aarch64

ncurses-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.4.x86_64

ncurses-base-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.4.noarch

ncurses-compat-libs-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.4.x86_64

ncurses-libs-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.4.aarch64

ncurses-libs-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.4.x86_64

nspr-4.34.0-3.1.amzn2.aarch64

nspr-4.34.0-3.1.amzn2.x86_64

nss-3.79.0-4.amzn2.aarch64

nss-3.79.0-4.amzn2.x86_64

nss-softokn-3.79.0-4.amzn2.aarch64

nss-softokn-3.79.0-4.amzn2.x86_64

nss-softokn-freebl-3.79.0-4.amzn2.aarch64

nss-softokn-freebl-3.79.0-4.amzn2.x86_64

nss-sysinit-3.79.0-4.amzn2.aarch64

nss-sysinit-3.79.0-4.amzn2.x86_64

nss-tools-3.79.0-4.amzn2.aarch64

nss-tools-3.79.0-4.amzn2.x86_64

nss-util-3.79.0-1.amzn2.aarch64

nss-util-3.79.0-1.amzn2.x86_64

nvidia-450.216.04-0.amzn2.x86_64

nvidia-dkms-450.216.04-0.amzn2.x86_64

python2-colorama-0.3.9-3.amzn2.0.1.noarch

python2-dateutil-2.6.1-3.amzn2.noarch

python2-jmespath-0.9.3-1.amzn2.0.2.noarch

python2-jsonschema-2.5.1-3.amzn2.0.2.noarch

python2-pyasn1-0.1.9-7.amzn2.0.2.noarch

python2-rsa-3.4.1-1.amzn2.0.3.noarch

python2-six-1.11.0-8.amzn2.0.1.noarch

python3-3.7.15-1.amzn2.0.2.aarch64

python3-3.7.15-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64

python3-libs-3.7.15-1.amzn2.0.2.aarch64

python3-libs-3.7.15-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64

systemd-219-78.amzn2.0.21.aarch64

systemd-219-78.amzn2.0.21.x86_64

systemd-libs-219-78.amzn2.0.21.aarch64

systemd-libs-219-78.amzn2.0.21.x86_64

systemd-sysv-219-78.amzn2.0.21.aarch64

systemd-sysv-219-78.amzn2.0.21.x86_64

tzdata-2022f-1.amzn2.0.1.noarch

util-linux-2.30.2-2.amzn2.0.10.aarch64

util-linux-2.30.2-2.amzn2.0.10.x86_64

vim-common-9.0.828-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64

vim-common-9.0.828-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64

vim-data-9.0.828-1.amzn2.0.1.noarch

vim-enhanced-9.0.828-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64

vim-enhanced-9.0.828-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64

vim-filesystem-9.0.828-1.amzn2.0.1.noarch

vim-minimal-9.0.828-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64

vim-minimal-9.0.828-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64

xfsprogs-5.0.0-10.amzn2.0.1.aarch64

xfsprogs-5.0.0-10.amzn2.0.1.x86_64

Package with CVEs:

curl-7.79.1-7.amzn2.0.1

CVEs fixed:

kernel-4.14.301-224.520.amzn2

CVEs fixed:

libtiff-4.0.3-35.amzn2.0.5

CVEs fixed:

ncurses-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.4

CVEs fixed:

nvidia-450.216.04-0.amzn2

CVEs fixed: