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Gentoo: GLSA 202310-10 Normal: Vulnerability in Pip Security Fixed

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Calendar Grey September 12, 2013
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
The Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201309-05 outlines severe vulnerabilities in pip, the Python package installer, urging users to upgrade and apply patches to maintain security and system integrity
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in pip, which may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or local attackers to conduct symlink attacks

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo remote code execution normal pip symlink attacks

Resolution

All pip users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/pip-1.3.1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2013-1629 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1629 [ 2 ] CVE-2013-1888 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1888

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201309-05
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: pip: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: September 12, 2013
Bugs: #462616, #480202
ID: 201309-05

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Topics Covered

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Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in pip, which may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or local attackers to conduct symlink attacks.

Background

pip is a tool for installing and managing Python packages.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-python/pip < 1.3.1 >= 1.3.1

Impact

===== A remote attacker could conduct a Man-in-the-Middle attack to cause pip to execute arbitrary code. A local attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the application.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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