First published: Thu Dec 22 2022(Updated: )
Pypa Setuptools is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper input validation. By sending request with a specially crafted regular expression, an remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Python Setuptools | <65.5.1 | |
pip/setuptools | <65.5.1 | 65.5.1 |
IBM Concert Software | <=1.0.0 - 1.0.1 |
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CVE-2022-40897 is a vulnerability in Python Packaging Authority (PyPA) setuptools before 65.5.1 that allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via HTML in a crafted package or custom PackageIndex page due to improper input validation.
CVE-2022-40897 affects Python Setuptools versions prior to 65.5.1 and can be exploited to cause a denial of service by sending malicious HTML in a crafted package or custom PackageIndex page.
CVE-2022-40897 impacts IBM Cognos Dashboards on Cloud Pak for Data up to version 4.7.0 and can be exploited to cause a denial of service by sending malicious HTML in a crafted package or custom PackageIndex page.
To fix CVE-2022-40897, you should update Python Setuptools to version 65.5.1 or later.
Yes, you can find references for CVE-2022-40897 at the following links: [Link 1](https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/243028), [Link 2](https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7031207), [Link 3](https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/blob/fe8a98e696241487ba6ac9f91faa38ade939ec5d/setuptools/package_index.py#L200).