| Name | CVE-2022-40898 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| wheel (PTS) | jessie | 0.24.0-1 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 0.29.0-2 | vulnerable |
| buster | 0.32.3-2 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 0.34.2-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 0.38.4-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 0.45.0-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| wheel | source | (unstable) | 0.38.0-1 | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://github.com/pypa/wheel/commit/88f02bc335d5404991e532e7f3b0fc80437bf4e0
https://github.com/pypa/wheel/issues/498
Negligible security impact