Summary
USN-5821-1 fixed a vulnerability in wheel and pip. Unfortunately,
it was missing a commit to fix it properly in pip.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
Sebastian Chnelik discovered that wheel incorrectly handled
certain file names when validated against a regex expression.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service.
Fixed packages 5
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS | python-pip | 9.0.1-2.3~ubuntu1.18.04.7 |
| Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS | python-pip | 20.0.2-5ubuntu1.8 |
| Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS | python-pip | 22.0.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2 |
| Ubuntu · Pro 14.04 LTS Pro:14.04:LTS | python-pip | 1.5.4-1ubuntu4+esm3 |
| Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS | python-pip | 8.1.1-2ubuntu0.6+esm4 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.5
pypa/wheel vulnerable to Regular Expression denial of service (ReDoS)
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.
References
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-40898