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    Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202405-10
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    Severity: Normal
    Title: Setuptools: Denial of Service
    Date: May 05, 2024
    Bugs: #879813
    ID: 202405-10

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    Synopsis
    ========

    A vulnerability has been discovered in Setuptools, which can lead to
    denial of service.

    Background
    ==========

    Setuptools is a manager for Python packages.

    Affected packages
    =================

    Package Vulnerable Unaffected
    --------------------- ------------ ------------
    dev-python/setuptools < 65.5.1 >= 65.5.1

    Description
    ===========

    A vulnerability has been discovered in Setuptools. See the impact field.

    Impact
    ======

    An inefficiency in a regular expression may end in a denial of service
    if an user is fetching malicious HTML from a package in PyPI or a custom PackageIndex page.

    Workaround
    ==========

    There is no known workaround at this time.

    Resolution
    ==========

    All Setuptools users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/setuptools-65.5.1"

    References
    ==========

    [ 1 ] CVE-2022-40897
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40897

    Availability
    ============

    This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
    the Gentoo Security Website:

    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202405-10

    Concerns?
    =========

    Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
    confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
    importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

    License
    =======

    Copyright 2024 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
    belongs to its owner(s).

    The contents of this document are licensed under the
    Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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