INFSA-2024:5531: python3.12-setuptools security update

Information about definition

Identificator: INFSA-2024:5531

Type: security

Release date: 2024-08-22 16:23:01 UTC

Information about package

Setuptools is a collection of enhancements to the Python 3 distutils that allow you to more easily build and distribute Python 3 packages, especially ones that have dependencies on other packages. This package also contains the runtime components of setuptools, necessary to execute the software that requires pkg_resources.

Vulnerabilities description

  • CVE-2024-6345

    A vulnerability in the package_index module of pypa/setuptools versions up to 69.1.1 allows for remote code execution via its download functions. These functions, which are used to download packages from URLs provided by users or retrieved from package index servers, are susceptible to code injection. If these functions are exposed to user-controlled inputs, such as package URLs, they can execute arbitrary commands on the system. The issue is fixed in version 70.0.

Severity level

CVE Score CVSS 2.0 Score CVSS 3.x Score CVSS 4.0
NIST — CVE-2024-6345
 no information 8.8 no information
Critical, important, moderate, low

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