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Debian LTS: Security Advisory for python-pip (DLA-2370-1)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

3 years ago

Modified

Modified

3 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update for the 'python-pip' package(s) announced via the DLA-2370-1 advisory.

Insight

Insight

It was discovered that there was a directory traversal attack in pip, the Python package installer. When an URL was given in an install command, as a Content-Disposition header was permitted to have '../' components in their filename, arbitrary local files (eg. /root/.ssh/authorized_keys) could be overridden.

Affected Software

Affected Software

'python-pip' package(s) on Debian Linux.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

For Debian 9 'Stretch', this problem has been fixed in version 9.0.1-2+deb9u2. We recommend that you upgrade your python-pip packages.

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