bpo-46474: Fix for REDoS in EntryPoint.pattern (importlib_metadata 4.10.1).

Author: jaraco

Lib/importlib/metadata/__init__.py

@@ -156,8 +156,8 @@ class EntryPoint(DeprecatedTuple):
 
     pattern = re.compile(
         r'(?P<module>[\w.]+)\s*'
-        r'(:\s*(?P<attr>[\w.]+))?\s*'
-        r'(?P<extras>\[.*\])?\s*$'
+        r'(:\s*(?P<attr>[\w.]+)\s*)?'
+        r'((?P<extras>\[.*\])\s*)?$'
     )
     """
     A regular expression describing the syntax for an entry point,

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-01-22-14-49-10.bpo-46474.eKQhvx.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+In ``importlib.metadata.EntryPoint.pattern``, avoid potential REDoS by
+limiting ambiguity in consecutive whitespace.