7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6.9 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
64.5%
Issue Overview:
An issue discovered in Python Packaging Authority (PyPA) Wheel 0.37.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via attacker controlled input to wheel cli. (CVE-2022-40898)
Affected Packages:
python-wheel
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update python-wheel to update your system.
New Packages:
noarch:
python2-wheel-0.34.2-1.amzn2.0.2.noarch
python3-wheel-0.34.2-1.amzn2.0.2.noarch
python-wheel-wheel-0.34.2-1.amzn2.0.2.noarch
src:
python-wheel-0.34.2-1.amzn2.0.2.src
Red Hat: CVE-2022-40898
Mitre: CVE-2022-40898
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amazon Linux | 2 | noarch | python2-wheel | < 0.34.2-1.amzn2.0.2 | python2-wheel-0.34.2-1.amzn2.0.2.noarch.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 2 | noarch | python3-wheel | < 0.34.2-1.amzn2.0.2 | python3-wheel-0.34.2-1.amzn2.0.2.noarch.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 2 | noarch | python-wheel-wheel | < 0.34.2-1.amzn2.0.2 | python-wheel-wheel-0.34.2-1.amzn2.0.2.noarch.rpm |
7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6.9 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
64.5%