USN-5817-1: Setuptools vulnerability

Publication date

23 January 2023

Overview

Setuptools could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.


Packages

Details

Sebastian Chnelik discovered that setuptools incorrectly handled
certain regex inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause a denial of service.

Sebastian Chnelik discovered that setuptools incorrectly handled
certain regex inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause a denial of service.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
22.10 kinetic python-setuptools –  44.1.1-1.2ubuntu0.22.10.1
pypy-setuptools –  44.1.1-1.2ubuntu0.22.10.1
python3-setuptools –  59.6.0-1.2ubuntu0.22.10.1
22.04 jammy python-setuptools –  44.1.1-1.2ubuntu0.22.04.1
pypy-setuptools –  44.1.1-1.2ubuntu0.22.04.1
python3-setuptools –  59.6.0-1.2ubuntu0.22.04.1
20.04 focal python-setuptools –  44.0.0-2ubuntu0.1
pypy-setuptools –  44.0.0-2ubuntu0.1
python3-setuptools –  45.2.0-1ubuntu0.1
18.04 bionic python-setuptools –  39.0.1-2ubuntu0.1
pypy-setuptools –  39.0.1-2ubuntu0.1
python3-setuptools –  39.0.1-2ubuntu0.1
16.04 xenial python-setuptools –  20.7.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
pypy-setuptools –  20.7.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
python3-setuptools –  20.7.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
14.04 trusty python-setuptools –  3.3-1ubuntu2+esm1  
python3-setuptools –  3.3-1ubuntu2+esm1  

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