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PYSEC-2022-43012

Quick fix

PYSEC-2022-43012 — setuptools: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

pip install --upgrade 'setuptools>=43a9c9bfa6aa626ec2a22540bea28d2ca77964be'

Details

Python Packaging Authority (PyPA) setuptools before 65.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via HTML in a crafted package or custom PackageIndex page. There is a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in package_index.py.

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Affected packages

PyPI/setuptools

Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 43a9c9bfa6aa626ec2a22540bea28d2ca77964be

Fixpip install --upgrade 'setuptools>=43a9c9bfa6aa626ec2a22540bea28d2ca77964be'

References

https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/blob/fe8a98e696241487ba6ac9f91faa38ade939ec5d/setuptools/package_index.py#L200[WEB]
https://pyup.io/posts/pyup-discovers-redos-vulnerabilities-in-top-python-packages/[WEB]
https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/compare/v65.5.0...v65.5.1[WEB]
https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/commit/43a9c9bfa6aa626ec2a22540bea28d2ca77964be[FIX]
https://pyup.io/vulnerabilities/CVE-2022-40897/52495/[WEB]
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r9hx-vwmv-q579[ADVISORY]