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Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-2362
Advisory Release Date: 2023-11-29 22:20 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-12-04 21:45 Pacific
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
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. (CVE-2022-40898)
Affected Packages:
python-wheel
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update python-wheel to update your system.
New Packages:
noarch:
python2-wheel-0.34.2-1.amzn2.0.2.noarch
python3-wheel-0.34.2-1.amzn2.0.2.noarch
python-wheel-wheel-0.34.2-1.amzn2.0.2.noarch
src:
python-wheel-0.34.2-1.amzn2.0.2.src