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RHSA-2023:0952: Red Hat Security Advisory: python-setuptools security update

An update for python-setuptools is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original.

Related CVEs:

  • CVE-2022-40897: A flaw was found in Python Setuptools due to a regular expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) present in package_index.py. This issue could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via HTML in a crafted package or custom PackageIndex page.
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Issued:

2023-02-28

Updated:

2023-02-28

RHSA-2023:0952 - Security Advisory

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Synopsis

Moderate: python-setuptools security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

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Topic

An update for python-setuptools is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

The python-setuptools package provides a collection of enhancements to Python distribution utilities allowing convenient building and distribution of Python packages.

Security Fix(es):

  • pypa-setuptools: Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in package_index.py (CVE-2022-40897)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 9 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 9 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 9 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 9 aarch64

Fixes

  • BZ - 2158559 - CVE-2022-40897 pypa-setuptools: Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in package_index.py

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 9

SRPM

python-setuptools-53.0.0-10.el9_1.1.src.rpm

SHA-256: f2d7172363aed4ce67d7521f62302dd3df0bd094d71547159c84ae1338b79b29

x86_64

python3-setuptools-53.0.0-10.el9_1.1.noarch.rpm

SHA-256: ef4c3c7f38c5ab6e91113147b7b0de231bb623bb4e7a014155a97226540928b7

python3-setuptools-wheel-53.0.0-10.el9_1.1.noarch.rpm

SHA-256: 82578dc5a0cdecc0c2b040f8309990d37805d5d29d155ca0719d2eb8d36e64d0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 9

SRPM

python-setuptools-53.0.0-10.el9_1.1.src.rpm

SHA-256: f2d7172363aed4ce67d7521f62302dd3df0bd094d71547159c84ae1338b79b29

s390x

python3-setuptools-53.0.0-10.el9_1.1.noarch.rpm

SHA-256: ef4c3c7f38c5ab6e91113147b7b0de231bb623bb4e7a014155a97226540928b7

python3-setuptools-wheel-53.0.0-10.el9_1.1.noarch.rpm

SHA-256: 82578dc5a0cdecc0c2b040f8309990d37805d5d29d155ca0719d2eb8d36e64d0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 9

SRPM

python-setuptools-53.0.0-10.el9_1.1.src.rpm

SHA-256: f2d7172363aed4ce67d7521f62302dd3df0bd094d71547159c84ae1338b79b29

ppc64le

python3-setuptools-53.0.0-10.el9_1.1.noarch.rpm

SHA-256: ef4c3c7f38c5ab6e91113147b7b0de231bb623bb4e7a014155a97226540928b7

python3-setuptools-wheel-53.0.0-10.el9_1.1.noarch.rpm

SHA-256: 82578dc5a0cdecc0c2b040f8309990d37805d5d29d155ca0719d2eb8d36e64d0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 9

SRPM

python-setuptools-53.0.0-10.el9_1.1.src.rpm

SHA-256: f2d7172363aed4ce67d7521f62302dd3df0bd094d71547159c84ae1338b79b29

aarch64

python3-setuptools-53.0.0-10.el9_1.1.noarch.rpm

SHA-256: ef4c3c7f38c5ab6e91113147b7b0de231bb623bb4e7a014155a97226540928b7

python3-setuptools-wheel-53.0.0-10.el9_1.1.noarch.rpm

SHA-256: 82578dc5a0cdecc0c2b040f8309990d37805d5d29d155ca0719d2eb8d36e64d0

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