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GHSA-qwmp-2cf2-g9g6: pypa/wheel vulnerable to Regular Expression denial of service (ReDoS)
Python Packaging Authority (PyPA) Wheel is a reference implementation of the Python wheel packaging standard. Wheel 0.37.1 and earlier are vulnerable to a Regular Expression denial of service via attacker controlled input to the wheel cli. The vulnerable regex is used to verify the validity of Wheel file names. This has been patched in version 0.38.1.
pypa/wheel vulnerable to Regular Expression denial of service (ReDoS)
High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Dec 23, 2022 • Updated Dec 26, 2022
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Ubuntu Security Notice 5821-3 - USN-5821-1 fixed a vulnerability in wheel and pip. Unfortunately, it was missing a commit to fix it properly in pip. Sebastian Chnelik discovered that wheel incorrectly handled certain file names when validated against a regex expression. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
Ubuntu Security Notice 5821-1 - Sebastian Chnelik discovered that wheel incorrectly handled certain file names when validated against a regex expression. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
An issue discovered in Python Packaging Authority (PyPA) Wheel 0.37.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via attacker controlled input to wheel cli.