CVE-2022-40898
Published: 23 December 2022
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.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| mdeslaur | the python-pip package bundles wheel binaries when built. After updating wheel, a no-change rebuild of python-pip is required. |
Priority
Medium
CVSS 3 base score: 7.5
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
python-pip Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(9.0.1-2.3~ubuntu1.18.04.6)
|
| focal |
Released
(20.0.2-5ubuntu1.7)
|
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| jammy |
Released
(22.0.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1)
|
|
| kinetic |
Released
(22.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1)
|
|
| trusty |
Released
(1.5.4-1ubuntu4+esm2)
|
|
| upstream |
Needed
|
|
| xenial |
Released
(8.1.1-2ubuntu0.6+esm3)
|
|
|
wheel Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(0.30.0-0.2ubuntu0.1)
|
| focal |
Released
(0.34.2-1ubuntu0.1)
|
|
| jammy |
Released
(0.37.1-2ubuntu0.22.04.1)
|
|
| kinetic |
Released
(0.37.1-2ubuntu0.22.10.1)
|
|
| trusty |
Released
(0.24.0-1~ubuntu1.1+esm1)
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(0.38.1)
|
|
| xenial |
Released
(0.29.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1)
|
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-40898
- https://pypi.org/project/wheel/
- https://github.com/pypa/wheel/blob/main/src/wheel/wheelfile.py#L18
- https://pyup.io/posts/pyup-discovers-redos-vulnerabilities-in-top-python-packages/
- https://github.com/pypa/wheel/commit/88f02bc335d5404991e532e7f3b0fc80437bf4e0
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5821-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5821-2
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian