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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : pip vulnerability (USN-4961-1)

info Nessus Plugin ID 149727

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4961-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that pip incorrectly handled unicode separators in git references. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to install a different revision on a repository.

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-whl and / or python3-pip packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4961-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Info

ID: 149727

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4961-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/19/2021

Updated: 8/27/2024

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-pip-whl, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-pip

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/19/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/19/2021

Reference Information

USN: 4961-1