CVE-2025-47273

Publication date 17 May 2025

Last updated 30 May 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

setuptools is a package that allows users to download, build, install, upgrade, and uninstall Python packages. A path traversal vulnerability in `PackageIndex` is present in setuptools prior to version 78.1.1. An attacker would be allowed to write files to arbitrary locations on the filesystem with the permissions of the process running the Python code, which could escalate to remote code execution depending on the context. Version 78.1.1 fixes the issue.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
python-pip 25.04 plucky
Needs evaluation
24.10 oracular
Needs evaluation
24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty
Needs evaluation
python-setuptools 25.04 plucky Not in release
24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 44.1.1-1.2ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm2
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 44.0.0-2ubuntu0.1+esm2
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 39.0.1-2ubuntu0.1+esm2
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 20.7.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm3
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 3.3-1ubuntu2+esm3
setuptools 25.04 plucky
Fixed 75.8.0-1ubuntu1
24.10 oracular
Fixed 74.1.2-1ubuntu0.1
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 68.1.2-2ubuntu1.2
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 59.6.0-1.2ubuntu0.22.04.3
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 45.2.0-1ubuntu0.3

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Notes

mdeslaur

On focal and earlier, the python-pip package bundles python-setuptools binaries when built. After updating python-setuptools, a no-change rebuild of python-pip is required. On jammy and later, python-setuptools is bundled in the python-pip package and needs to be patched.

Patch details

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Package Patch details
python-setuptools
setuptools