USN-7002-1: Setuptools vulnerability

Publication date

12 September 2024

Overview

setuptools could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.


Packages

Details

It was discovered that setuptools was vulnerable to remote code
execution. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary
code.

It was discovered that setuptools was vulnerable to remote code
execution. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary
code.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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
24.04 LTS noble python3-setuptools –  68.1.2-2ubuntu1.1
22.04 LTS jammy pypy-setuptools –  44.1.1-1.2ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm1  
python-setuptools –  44.1.1-1.2ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm1  
python3-setuptools –  59.6.0-1.2ubuntu0.22.04.2
20.04 LTS focal pypy-setuptools –  44.0.0-2ubuntu0.1+esm1  
python-setuptools –  44.0.0-2ubuntu0.1+esm1  
python3-setuptools –  45.2.0-1ubuntu0.2
18.04 LTS bionic pypy-setuptools –  39.0.1-2ubuntu0.1+esm1  
python-setuptools –  39.0.1-2ubuntu0.1+esm1  
python3-setuptools –  39.0.1-2ubuntu0.1+esm1  
16.04 LTS xenial pypy-setuptools –  20.7.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm2  
python-setuptools –  20.7.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm2  
python3-setuptools –  20.7.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm2  
14.04 LTS trusty python-setuptools –  3.3-1ubuntu2+esm2  
python3-setuptools –  3.3-1ubuntu2+esm2  

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