USN-5821-2: wheel vulnerability
Publication date
24 January 2023
Overview
wheel could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.
Releases
Packages
- wheel - built-package format for Python
Details
USN-5821-1 fixed a vulnerability in wheel. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
Sebastian Chnelik discovered that wheel incorrectly handled
certain file names when validated against a regex expression.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service.
USN-5821-1 fixed a vulnerability in wheel. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
Sebastian Chnelik discovered that wheel incorrectly handled
certain file names when validated against a regex expression.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service.
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. If installed, python-pip and python3-pip will also need to be updated.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 16.04 xenial | python-wheel – 0.29.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | ||
| python3-wheel – 0.29.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | |||
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