Fedora 17 : python-pip-1.3.1-1.fc17 (2013-6727)

low Nessus Plugin ID 66322

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

1.3.1, fix for CVE-2013-1888, insecure tempdir usage. Update of python-pip to 1.1 from upstream

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected python-pip package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=923975

http://www.nessus.org/u?5dec40bb

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 66322

File Name: fedora_2013-6727.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/6/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:python-pip, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:17

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/26/2013

Reference Information

BID: 59613

FEDORA: 2013-6727