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Red Hat: CVE-2022-40898: remote attackers can cause denial of service via attacker controlled input to wheel cli (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2022-40898: remote attackers can cause denial of service via attacker controlled input to wheel cli (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
12/23/2022
Created
12/19/2023
Added
12/15/2023
Modified
12/15/2023

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)

  • redhat-upgrade-python3-wheel
  • redhat-upgrade-python3-wheel-wheel

References

  • CVE-2022-40898
  • RHSA-2023:6712

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