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Alpine Linux: CVE-2022-40898: Vulnerability in Py3-wheel

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2022-40898: Vulnerability in Py3-wheel

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
12/22/2022
Created
03/22/2024
Added
03/21/2024
Modified
03/22/2024

Description

An issue discovered in Python Packaging Authority (PyPA) Wheel 0.37.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via attacker controlled input to wheel cli.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-py3-wheel

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