Packages
- wheel - built-package format for Python
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.
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 22.10 kinetic | python3-wheel – 0.37.1-2ubuntu0.22.10.1 | ||
| 22.04 LTS jammy | python3-wheel – 0.37.1-2ubuntu0.22.04.1 | ||
| 20.04 LTS focal | python3-wheel – 0.34.2-1ubuntu0.1 | ||
| 18.04 LTS bionic | python-wheel – 0.30.0-0.2ubuntu0.1 | ||
| python3-wheel – 0.30.0-0.2ubuntu0.1 | |||
| 14.04 LTS trusty | python-wheel – 0.24.0-1~ubuntu1.1+esm1 | ||
| python3-wheel – 0.24.0-1~ubuntu1.1+esm1 | |||
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