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Mageia 9: 2025-0056 critical: python-setuptools remote code execution

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Calendar Grey February 12, 2025
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Mageia 2025-0056 releases an update for python-setuptools addressing a severe vulnerability that allows remote code execution.
Remote Code Execution in pypa/setuptools

Summary

Remote Code Execution in pypa/setuptools. (CVE-2024-6345)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33536

- https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2024-August/036709.html

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6345

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue software update remote code execution python package Mageia

Resolution

SRPMS

- 9/core/python-setuptools-65.5.0-3.1.mga9

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Publication date: 12 Feb 2025
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2025-0056.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2024-6345

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue software update remote code execution python package Mageia

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