Ubuntu update for wheel



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2022-40898
CWE-ID CWE-20
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
Subscribe 		Ubuntu
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

python-wheel (Ubuntu package)
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

python3-wheel (Ubuntu package)
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Canonical Ltd.

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU71377

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-40898

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input passed to wheel cli. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected package wheel to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

Ubuntu: 16.04

python-wheel (Ubuntu package): before Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)

python3-wheel (Ubuntu package): before Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)

CPE2.3 External links

http://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5821-2


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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