Vulmon
Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-2196
Advisory Release Date: 2023-08-03 18:10 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-08-08 22:02 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:
python-setuptools
Issue Correction:
Run yum update python-setuptools to update your system.
New Packages:
noarch:
python3-setuptools-49.1.3-1.amzn2.0.3.noarch
python-setuptools-wheel-49.1.3-1.amzn2.0.3.noarch
src:
python-setuptools-49.1.3-1.amzn2.0.3.src