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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2022-40898): wheel vulnerability

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2022-40898): wheel vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/23/2022
Created
01/25/2023
Added
01/24/2023
Modified
03/22/2023

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)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-
  • ubuntu-upgrade-pro
  • ubuntu-upgrade-python-pip
  • ubuntu-upgrade-python-pip-whl
  • ubuntu-upgrade-python-wheel
  • ubuntu-upgrade-python3-pip
  • ubuntu-upgrade-python3-pip-whl
  • ubuntu-upgrade-python3-wheel
  • ubuntu-upgrade-ubuntu

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