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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : pip vulnerability (USN-4601-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 141820

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4601-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that pip did not properly sanitize the filename during pip install. A remote attacker could possible use this issue to read and

 write arbitrary files on the host filesystem as root, resulting in a

 directory traversal attack. (CVE-2019-20916)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected python-pip, python-pip-whl and / or python3-pip packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4601-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 141820

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4601-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/22/2020

Updated: 8/29/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-20916

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-pip, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-pip-whl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-pip

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/22/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/4/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-20916

USN: 4601-1