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GLSA-202405-10 : Setuptools: Denial of Service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 194989

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Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202405-10 (Setuptools: Denial of Service)

 - 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. (CVE-2022-40897)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

All Setuptools users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=dev-python/setuptools-65.5.1

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202405-10

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=879813

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 194989

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202405-10.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 5/5/2024

Updated: 5/5/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-40897

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:setuptools, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/5/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/13/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-40897