TypeError: catching classes that do not inherit from BaseException is not allowed

[tariqjamal057]

Describe the bug

Couldn't able to write testcase for boto3 SNS exceptions.

class SNS:
    def __init__(self):
        self.client = boto3.client("sns")
        
   def create_topic(data):
       try:
           response = self.client.create_topic(**data)
       except self.client.exceptions.InvalidParameterException as e:
          raise CustomError(e)
          
          
# Testcase
class TestTopic(unittest.TestCase):
    def setUp(self):
        self.topics = SNS()
        self.mock_client = MagicMock()
        self.topics.client = self.mock_client
        self.faker = Faker()
        
    def test_create_topic_sns_exceptions(self):
        topic_data = {"topic_name": self.faker.pystr(min_chars=277, max_chars=280)}
        with mock.patch.object(self.topics.client, 'create_topic', 
        side_effect=self.topics.client.exceptions.InvalidParameterException({}, "create_topic")):
            with self.assertRaises(CustomError):
                self.topics.create_topic(topic_data)

After running the testcase getting the below error

except self.client.exceptions.InvalidParameterException as e:
TypeError: catching classes that do not inherit from BaseException is not allowed

If I directly call the create_topics with invalid data it will correctly raise the exception but for testcase doesn't work as expected

Expected Behavior

The testcase needs to be passed but it throws errors for all expections in sns.client.exceptions

Current Behavior

Reproduction Steps

Possible Solution

No response

Additional Information/Context

No response

SDK version used

boto3 1.34.41

Environment details (OS name and version, etc.)

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