Ubuntu Security Notices
USN-5817-1

USN-5817-1: Setuptools vulnerability

Publication date

23 January 2023

Overview

Setuptools could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

Releases

22.10 22.04 LTS 20.04 LTS 18.04 LTS 16.04 LTS 14.04 LTS

Packages

python-setuptools - Python Distutils Enhancements
setuptools - Python Distutils Enhancements

Details

Sebastian Chnelik discovered that setuptools incorrectly handled
certain regex inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause a denial of service.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release	Package Version
22.10 kinetic	python-setuptools – 44.1.1-1.2ubuntu0.22.10.1
	pypy-setuptools – 44.1.1-1.2ubuntu0.22.10.1
	python3-setuptools – 59.6.0-1.2ubuntu0.22.10.1
22.04 jammy	python-setuptools – 44.1.1-1.2ubuntu0.22.04.1
	pypy-setuptools – 44.1.1-1.2ubuntu0.22.04.1
	python3-setuptools – 59.6.0-1.2ubuntu0.22.04.1
20.04 focal	python-setuptools – 44.0.0-2ubuntu0.1
	pypy-setuptools – 44.0.0-2ubuntu0.1
	python3-setuptools – 45.2.0-1ubuntu0.1
18.04 bionic	python-setuptools – 39.0.1-2ubuntu0.1
	pypy-setuptools – 39.0.1-2ubuntu0.1
	python3-setuptools – 39.0.1-2ubuntu0.1
16.04 xenial	python-setuptools – 20.7.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
	pypy-setuptools – 20.7.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
	python3-setuptools – 20.7.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
14.04 trusty	python-setuptools – 3.3-1ubuntu2+esm1
14.04 trusty	python3-setuptools – 3.3-1ubuntu2+esm1

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References

CVE-2022-40897

CVE-2022-40897