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openSUSE 15 Security Update : python-pip (openSUSE-SU-2021:1598-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 156192

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2021:1598-1 advisory.

 - A flaw was found in python-pip in the way it handled Unicode separators in git references. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to install a different revision on a repository. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data integrity. This is fixed in python-pip version 21.1. (CVE-2021-3572)

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 python2-pip, python2-pip-wheel, python3-pip and / or python3-pip-wheel packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1186819

http://www.nessus.org/u?b3de397b

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3572

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 156192

File Name: openSUSE-2021-1598.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/20/2021

Updated: 12/20/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 2.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3572

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.7

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python2-pip-wheel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python2-pip, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python3-pip-wheel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python3-pip

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/19/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/9/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3572