wheel could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
It was discovered that wheel did not correctly handle certain file paths. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
It was discovered that wheel did not correctly handle certain file paths. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
It was discovered that wheel did not correctly handle certain file paths. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
It was discovered that wheel did not correctly handle certain file paths. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
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