SUSE update for python-wheel

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU71377

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-40898

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input passed to wheel cli. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected package python-wheel to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Realtime Extension: 15-SP3

SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server: 4.0 - 4.3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud: 15-SP1

SUSE Manager Proxy: 4.0 - 4.3

SUSE Manager Server: 4.0 - 4.3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages: 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications: 15-SP1 - 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 15-SP1 - 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing: 15-SP1 - 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem: 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop: 15-SP4

SUSE Enterprise Storage: 6

openSUSE Leap: 15.4

python2-wheel: before 0.32.3-150100.6.5.1

python3-wheel: before 0.32.3-150100.6.5.1

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2023/suse-su-20230088-1/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.