usn-5821-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2023-01-24 09:21
Modified
2026-06-29 10:52
Summary
wheel vulnerability
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.
References
| URL | Type | |
|---|---|---|
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"binary_name": "python-wheel-common",
"binary_version": "0.34.2-1ubuntu0.1"
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"binary_name": "python3-wheel",
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"binary_version": "0.37.1-2ubuntu0.22.04.1"
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}
],
"aliases": [],
"details": "Sebastian Chnelik discovered that wheel incorrectly handled\ncertain file names when validated against a regex expression.\nAn attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a\ndenial of service.\n",
"id": "USN-5821-1",
"modified": "2026-06-29T10:52:59Z",
"published": "2023-01-24T09:21:51Z",
"references": [
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"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5821-1"
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"summary": "wheel vulnerability",
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}
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