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Gentoo GLSA 202405-10: Setuptools Denial Of Service Normal Severity

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Calendar Grey May 5, 2024
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Uncover the Gentoo GLSA 202405-10 notice about a Setuptools Denial of Service vulnerability along with steps for upgrading. Stay informed on potential risks and mitigation measures.
A vulnerability has been discovered in Setuptools, which can lead to denial of service.

Summary

A vulnerability has been discovered in Setuptools. See the impact field.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo normal severity setuptools

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
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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.

Severity: Normal
Title: Setuptools: Denial of Service
Date: May 05, 2024
Bugs: #879813
ID: 202405-10

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo normal severity setuptools

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been discovered in Setuptools, which can lead to denial of service.

Background

Setuptools is a manager for Python packages.

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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.

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