GLSA-202501-03 : pip: arbitrary configuration injection

low Nessus Plugin ID 214305

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202501-03 (pip: arbitrary configuration injection)

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in pip. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo Linux 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

All pip users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=dev-python/pip-23.3

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202501-03

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=918427

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 214305

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202501-03.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/17/2025

Updated: 1/17/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.7

Temporal Score: 1.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-5752

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:pip

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/17/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/24/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-5752