GLSA 202405-10: Setuptools: Denial of Service
| Severity: | normal |
| Title: | Setuptools: Denial of Service |
| Date: | 05/05/2024 |
| Bugs: | |
| 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 | Architecture(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| dev-python/setuptools | < 65.5.1 | >= 65.5.1 | All supported architectures |
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
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
Concerns?
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License
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