Gentoo: GLSA-202405-10: Setuptools: Denial of ServiceSecurity Advisory Updates
Summary
A vulnerability has been discovered in Setuptools. See the impact field.
Resolution
All Setuptools users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/setuptools-65.5.1"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2022-40897
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40897
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202405-10
Concerns
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.
Synopsis
A vulnerability has been discovered in Setuptools, which can lead to
denial of service.
Background
Setuptools is a manager for Python packages.
Affected Packages
Package Vulnerable Unaffected
--------------------- ------------ ------------
dev-python/setuptools < 65.5.1 >= 65.5.1
Impact
An inefficiency in a regular expression may end in a denial of service
if an user is fetching malicious HTML from a package in PyPI or a custom
PackageIndex page.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
