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Severity: Normal Title: Setuptools: Denial of Service Date: May 05, 2024 Bugs: #879813 ID: 202405-10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== A vulnerability has been discovered in Setuptools, which can lead to denial of service. Background ========== Setuptools is a manager for Python packages. Affected packages ================= Package Vulnerable Unaffected --------------------- ------------ ------------ dev-python/setuptools < 65.5.1 >= 65.5.1 Description =========== A vulnerability has been discovered in Setuptools. See the impact field. Impact ====== An inefficiency in a regular expression may end in a denial of service if an user is fetching malicious HTML from a package in PyPI or a custom PackageIndex page. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All Setuptools users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/setuptools-65.5.1" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2022-40897 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40897 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202405-10 Concerns? ========= Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to secur...@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2024 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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