| Name | CVE-2022-40897 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-3876-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| setuptools (PTS) | bullseye | 52.0.0-4 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 52.0.0-4+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 66.1.1-1+deb12u2 | fixed |
| forky, sid, trixie | 78.1.1-0.1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/commit/43a9c9bfa6aa626ec2a22540bea28d2ca77964be (v65.5.1)