The setuptools update addresses a vulnerability alert by dependabot:
A vulnerability in the package_index module of pypa/setuptools versions up to 69.1.1 allows for remote code execution via its download functions.
These functions, which are used to download packages from URLs provided by users or retrieved from package index servers, are susceptible to code injection.
If these functions are exposed to user-controlled inputs, such as package URLs, they can execute arbitrary commands on the system. The issue is fixed in version 70.0.
The packaging update is necessary for the setuptools update (or we could
freeze it to version 70.x). But if version > 71 is used, we have to update the
packaging version to 22 or higher. Otherwise the build process fails
with
The setuptools update addresses a vulnerability alert by dependabot: A vulnerability in the package_index module of pypa/setuptools versions up to 69.1.1 allows for remote code execution via its download functions. These functions, which are used to download packages from URLs provided by users or retrieved from package index servers, are susceptible to code injection. If these functions are exposed to user-controlled inputs, such as package URLs, they can execute arbitrary commands on the system. The issue is fixed in version 70.0.
The packaging update is necessary for the setuptools update (or we could freeze it to version 70.x). But if version > 71 is used, we have to update the packaging version to 22 or higher. Otherwise the build process fails with
TypeError: canonicalize_version() got an unexpected keyword argument 'strip_trailing_zero' More information in https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/4483
STONEBLD-2636
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