Gentoo Linux: CVE-2022-40897: Setuptools: Denial of Service
4
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
12/23/2022
05/06/2024
05/06/2024
05/06/2024
Description
Python Packaging Authority (PyPA) setuptools before 65.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via HTML in a crafted package or custom PackageIndex page. There is a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in package_index.py.
Solution(s)
- gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-python-setuptools
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