USN-4601-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4601-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4601-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-4601-1
Related
Published
2020-10-22T22:18:11.706778Z
Modified
2020-10-22T22:18:11.706778Z
Summary
python-pip vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that pip did not properly sanitize the filename during pip install. A remote attacker could possible use this issue to read and write arbitrary files on the host filesystem as root, resulting in a directory traversal attack. (CVE-2019-20916)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / python-pip

Package

Name
python-pip
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-pip@9.0.1-2.3~ubuntu1.18.04.4?arch=src?distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.0.1-2.3~ubuntu1.18.04.4

Affected versions

9.*

9.0.1-2
9.0.1-2.3~ubuntu1
9.0.1-2.3~ubuntu1.18.04.1
9.0.1-2.3~ubuntu1.18.04.2
9.0.1-2.3~ubuntu1.18.04.3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "python-pip": "9.0.1-2.3~ubuntu1.18.04.4",
            "python-pip-whl": "9.0.1-2.3~ubuntu1.18.04.4",
            "python3-pip": "9.0.1-2.3~ubuntu1.18.04.4"
        }
    ]
}