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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5821-1
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.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5821-1
January 24, 2023
wheel vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 22.10
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
Summary:
wheel could be made to crash if it received specially crafted
input.
Software Description:
- wheel: built-package format for Python
Details:
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.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 22.10:
python3-wheel 0.37.1-2ubuntu0.22.10.1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
python3-wheel 0.37.1-2ubuntu0.22.04.1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
python3-wheel 0.34.2-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
python-wheel 0.30.0-0.2ubuntu0.1
python3-wheel 0.30.0-0.2ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
python-wheel 0.24.0-1~ubuntu1.1+esm1
python3-wheel 0.24.0-1~ubuntu1.1+esm1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
If installed, python-pip and python3-pip will also need to be updated.
References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5821-1
CVE-2022-40898
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wheel/0.37.1-2ubuntu0.22.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wheel/0.37.1-2ubuntu0.22.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wheel/0.34.2-1ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wheel/0.30.0-0.2ubuntu0.1
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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.
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.
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.