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HistoryMay 05, 2024 - 12:00 a.m.

Setuptools: Denial of Service

2024-05-0500:00:00
Gentoo Foundation
security.gentoo.org
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setuptools
denial of service
python packages
vulnerability
inefficiency
regular expression
pypi
packageindex
upgrade
emerge
malicious html

CVSS3

5.9

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

AI Score

8.7

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.005

Percentile

77.3%

Background

Setuptools is a manager for Python packages.

Description

A vulnerability has been discovered in Setuptools. See the impact field.

Impact

An inefficiency in a regular expression may end in a denial of service if an user is fetching malicious HTML from a package in PyPI or a custom PackageIndex page.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Setuptools users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/setuptools-65.5.1"
OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Gentooanyalldev-python/setuptools< 65.5.1UNKNOWN

CVSS3

5.9

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

AI Score

8.7

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.005

Percentile

77.3%