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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-40898: Security patch for python-wheel (ALAS-2023-2362)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-40898: Security patch for python-wheel (ALAS-2023-2362)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/23/2022
Created
12/06/2023
Added
12/05/2023
Modified
12/05/2023

Description

An issue discovered in Python Packaging Authority (PyPA) Wheel 0.37.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via attacker controlled input to wheel cli.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python-wheel-wheel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python2-wheel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python3-wheel

References

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