Product Errata

RLSA-2024:5531

Important: python3.12-setuptools security update

Topic

An update is available for python3.12-setuptools.

This update affects Rocky Linux 8.

A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list

Description

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.

Security Fix(es):

* pypa/setuptools: Remote code execution via download functions in the package_index module in pypa/setuptools (CVE-2024-6345)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Issued: 8/21/2024

Type: Security

Severity: Important

Affected Product

  • Rocky Linux 8

References

  • No references