CVE-2022-40897

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-40897
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-12-23 00:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:52:00 UTC
DescriptionPython 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-1333

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Python Setuptools All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Comparing v65.5.0...v65.5.1 · pypa/setuptools · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: python-setuptools-62.6.0-3.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: python-setuptools-59.6.0-4.fc36 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
setuptools/package_index.py at fe8a98e696241487ba6ac9f91faa38ade939ec5d · pypa/setuptools · GitHub MISC github.com
PyUp Discovers ReDoS Vulnerabilities in Top Python Packages MISC pyup.io
PyUp Vuln #52495 MISC pyup.io
Limit the amount of whitespace to search/backtrack. Fixes #3659. · pypa/setuptools@43a9c9b · GitHub MISC github.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: python-setuptools-59.6.0-4.fc36 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: python-setuptools-62.6.0-3.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE-2022-40897 Python Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 160469 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for python-setuptools (ELSA-2023-0835)
  • 160483 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for python-setuptools (ELSA-2023-0952)
  • 160650 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for python3-setuptools (ELSA-2023-12348)
  • 184098 Debian Security Update for setuptools (CVE-2022-40897)
  • 199123 Ubuntu Security Notification for Setuptools Vulnerability (USN-5817-1)
  • 241207 Red Hat Update for python-setuptools (RHSA-2023:0835)
  • 241221 Red Hat Update for python-setuptools (RHSA-2023:0952)
  • 242344 Red Hat Update for rh-python38-python (RHSA-2023:6793)
  • 242620 Red Hat Update for python-setuptools (RHSA-2023:7395)
  • 283952 Fedora Security Update for python (FEDORA-2023-9992b32c1f)
  • 283956 Fedora Security Update for python (FEDORA-2023-60e2b22be0)
  • 296099 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 57.144.3 Missing (CPUAPR2023)
  • 354788 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for python2-setuptools : ALAS2-2023-1979
  • 355627 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for python-setuptools : ALAS2023-2023-245
  • 355767 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for python-setuptools : ALAS2-2023-2196
  • 356249 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for python38-setuptools : ALASPYTHON3.8-2023-003
  • 378883 Splunk Enterprise August Third Party Package Updates (SVD-2023-0808)
  • 379407 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for python-setuptools (ALINUX3-SA-2023:0143)
  • 379452 IBM Cognos Analytics Multiple Vulnerabilities (7123154)
  • 672755 EulerOS Security Update for python-setuptools (EulerOS-SA-2023-1482)
  • 672767 EulerOS Security Update for python-setuptools (EulerOS-SA-2023-1457)
  • 672805 EulerOS Security Update for python-setuptools (EulerOS-SA-2023-1563)
  • 672822 EulerOS Security Update for python-setuptools (EulerOS-SA-2023-1538)
  • 672882 EulerOS Security Update for python-setuptools (EulerOS-SA-2023-1607)
  • 672890 EulerOS Security Update for python-setuptools (EulerOS-SA-2023-1788)
  • 672920 EulerOS Security Update for python-setuptools (EulerOS-SA-2023-1766)
  • 673108 EulerOS Security Update for python-setuptools (EulerOS-SA-2023-2166)
  • 691109 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for py39 (24da150a-33e0-4fee-b4ee-2c6b377d3395)
  • 691125 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for py27 (187ab98e-2953-4495-b379-4060bd4b75ee)
  • 691128 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for py39 (1b38aec4-4149-4c7d-851c-3c4de3a1fbd0)
  • 753536 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for python-setuptools (SUSE-SU-2023:0093-1)
  • 753538 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for python36-setuptools (SUSE-SU-2023:0094-1)
  • 753567 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for python-setuptools (SUSE-SU-2023:0159-1)
  • 755314 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for python3-setuptools (SUSE-SU-2023:4517-1)
  • 904764 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for python-setuptools (12101)
  • 905211 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for python-setuptools (12101-1)
  • 940927 AlmaLinux Security Update for python-setuptools (ALSA-2023:0835)
  • 940949 AlmaLinux Security Update for python-setuptools (ALSA-2023:0952)
  • 960650 Rocky Linux Security Update for python-setuptools (RLSA-2023:0835)
  • 960908 Rocky Linux Security Update for python-setuptools (RLSA-2023:0952)
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