SUSE update for python-setuptools

1) Incorrect Regular Expression

EUVDB-ID: #VU71379

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-2022-40897

CWE-ID: CWE-185 - Incorrect Regular Expression

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation when processing HTML content. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.

Mitigation

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

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Realtime Extension: 15-SP3

openSUSE Leap Micro: 5.2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro: 5.1 - 5.2

python3-setuptools-wheel: before 40.5.0-150100.6.6.1

python3-setuptools-test: before 40.5.0-150100.6.6.1

python3-setuptools: before 40.5.0-150100.6.6.1

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2023/suse-su-20230223-1/

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.