CVE-2022-40897
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
RHSA-2024:2987: python27:2.7 security update (Moderate)
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 65.6.3-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 65.6.3-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 65.6.3-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 52.0.0-4+deb11u1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 65.6.3-1 |
Red Hat Fixed 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fixed | — |
| 8 | Fixed | — |
Rocky Linux Fixed 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fixed | — |
| 8 | Fixed | — |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | setuptools | <65.5.1 | 65.5.1 |
| PyPI | setuptools | <43a9c9bfa6aa626ec2a22540bea28d2ca77964be||<65.5.1 | 43a9c9bfa6aa626ec2a22540bea28d2ca77964be |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| gcp | | |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0952
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:2987
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40897
- https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/3659
- https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/commit/43a9c9bfa6aa626ec2a22540bea28d2ca77964be
- https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0006
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230214-0001
- https://pyup.io/vulnerabilities/CVE-2022-40897/52495
- https://pyup.io/posts/pyup-discovers-redos-vulnerabilities-in-top-python-packages
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YNA2BAH2ACBZ4TVJZKFLCR7L23BG5C3H
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ADES3NLOE5QJKBLGNZNI2RGVOSQXA37R
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YNA2BAH2ACBZ4TVJZKFLCR7L23BG5C3H
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ADES3NLOE5QJKBLGNZNI2RGVOSQXA37R
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00018.html
- https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/compare/v65.5.0...v65.5.1
- https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/blob/fe8a98e696241487ba6ac9f91faa38ade939ec5d/setuptools/package_index.py#L200
- https://github.com/pypa/setuptools
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/setuptools/PYSEC-2022-43012.yaml
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:2985
- https://pyup.io/posts/pyup-discovers-redos-vulnerabilities-in-top-python-packages/
- https://pyup.io/vulnerabilities/CVE-2022-40897/52495/
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2023:0835
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-40897.html
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2023:0952
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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