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SUSE: CVE-2022-40897: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2022-40897: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/23/2022
Created
01/18/2023
Added
01/17/2023
Modified
01/30/2023

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)

  • suse-upgrade-python-setuptools
  • suse-upgrade-python3-setuptools
  • suse-upgrade-python3-setuptools-test
  • suse-upgrade-python3-setuptools-wheel
  • suse-upgrade-python310-setuptools
  • suse-upgrade-python36-setuptools
  • suse-upgrade-python39-setuptools

References

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