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RedHat: RHSA-2021-4455 Low: Python-Pip Unicode Handling Issue

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Calendar Grey November 9, 2021
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Enhancing the Security Posture of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 with a Moderate Severity Patch for python-pip. Discover the essential insights.
An update for python-pip is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

pip is a package management system used to install and manage software packages written in Python. Many packages can be found in the Python Package Index (PyPI). pip is a recursive acronym that can stand for either "Pip Installs Packages" or "Pip Installs Python".
Security Fix(es):
* python-pip: Incorrect handling of unicode separators in git references (CVE-2021-3572)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat Enterprise Linux low severity python-pip Unicode handling

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3572 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#low https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.5_release_notes/index

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
noarch: python3-pip-9.0.3-20.el8.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8):
Source: python-pip-9.0.3-20.el8.src.rpm
noarch: platform-python-pip-9.0.3-20.el8.noarch.rpm python3-pip-wheel-9.0.3-20.el8.noarch.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:4455-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4455
Issue date: 2021-11-09

Topic

An update for python-pip is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat Enterprise Linux low severity python-pip Unicode handling

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) - noarch

Bugs Fixed

1962856 - CVE-2021-3572 python-pip: Incorrect handling of unicode separators in git references

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