ALAS2-2023-1979

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-40897  

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. (CVE-2022-40897)

ALAS2-2023-1979


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-1979
Advisory Release Date: 2023-03-02 22:35 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-03-07 00:20 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

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. (CVE-2022-40897)


Affected Packages:

python2-setuptools


Issue Correction:
Run yum update python2-setuptools to update your system.

New Packages:
noarch:
    python2-setuptools-41.2.0-4.amzn2.0.3.noarch

src:
    python2-setuptools-41.2.0-4.amzn2.0.3.src