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openSUSE Leap 15.4 SUSE-SU-2023:0091-1 Moderate CPU Usage Fix

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Calendar Grey January 16, 2023
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SUSE Security Advisory: Addresses CVE-2022-40897 impacting python310-setuptools for openSUSE and SUSE Enterprise offerings.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description

This update for python310-setuptools fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2022-40897: Fixed an excessive CPU usage that could be triggered by

fetching a malicious HTML document (bsc#1206667).

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Topics Covered

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Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.4:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2023-91=1

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python3 15-SP4:

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Python3-15-SP4-2023-91=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch):

python310-setuptools-57.4.0-150400.4.3.1

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python3 15-SP4 (noarch):

python310-setuptools-57.4.0-150400.4.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-40897.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1206667

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:0091-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15-SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python3 15-SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15-SP4 SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 SUSE Manager Server 4.3 openSUSE Leap 15.4

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