Vulnerabilities > CVE-2022-40897 - Unspecified vulnerability in Python Setuptools
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
HIGH Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
References
- https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/blob/fe8a98e696241487ba6ac9f91faa38ade939ec5d/setuptools/package_index.py#L200
- https://pyup.io/posts/pyup-discovers-redos-vulnerabilities-in-top-python-packages/
- https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/compare/v65.5.0...v65.5.1
- https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/commit/43a9c9bfa6aa626ec2a22540bea28d2ca77964be
- https://pyup.io/vulnerabilities/CVE-2022-40897/52495/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230214-0001/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YNA2BAH2ACBZ4TVJZKFLCR7L23BG5C3H/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ADES3NLOE5QJKBLGNZNI2RGVOSQXA37R/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0006/