Fedora 40: python-setuptools 2024-247e9ba33a Security Advisory Updates
Summary
Setuptools is a collection of enhancements to the Python distutils that allow
you to more easily build and distribute Python packages, especially ones that
have dependencies on other packages.
This package also contains the runtime components of setuptools, necessary to
execute the software that requires pkg_resources.
Update Information:
Security fix for CVE-2024-6345.
Change Log
* Fri Jul 26 2024 Lumir Balhar
References
[ 1 ] Bug #2297771 - CVE-2024-6345 pypa/setuptools: Remote code execution via download functions in the package_index module in pypa/setuptools https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2297771
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2024-247e9ba33a' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label