VMware Tanzu Platform Automation Toolkit update for setuptools



Published: 2023-05-26
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2022-40897
CWE-ID CWE-185
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
Subscribe 		Platform Automation Toolkit
Other software / Other software solutions

Vendor VMware, Inc

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Incorrect Regular Expression

EUVDB-ID: #VU71379

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1:

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

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Platform Automation Toolkit: before 5.0.24

CPE2.3 External links

http://tanzu.vmware.com/security/usn-5817-1


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?



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