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 Server for SAP Applications: 12-SP3 - 12-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing: 12

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud: 12

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 12-SP2-LTSS-ERICSSON - 12-SP5

python3-wheel: before 0.30.0-2.7.1

python-wheel: before 0.30.0-2.7.1

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2023/suse-su-20230089-1/

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.