{"id":"USN-5821-2","summary":"wheel vulnerability","details":"USN-5821-1 fixed a vulnerability in wheel. This update provides\nthe corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n Sebastian Chnelik discovered that wheel incorrectly handled\n certain file names when validated against a regex expression.\n An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a\n denial of service.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:42:55Z","published":"2023-01-24T14:31:28Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2022-40898"],"upstream":["CVE-2022-40898","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-40898"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5821-2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-40898"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"wheel","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/wheel@0.29.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.29.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]}],"versions":["0.26.0-1","0.29.0-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"0.29.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1","binary_name":"python-wheel"},{"binary_version":"0.29.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1","binary_name":"python-wheel-common"},{"binary_version":"0.29.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1","binary_name":"python3-wheel"}],"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2022-40898","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5821-2.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}