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Moderate Risk Advisory for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Python-Virtualenv

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Calendar Grey June 28, 2022
Dist Redhat Esm H88
An announcement regarding python-virtualenv on RHEL 7 addresses a moderate security issue related to path traversal.
An update for python-virtualenv is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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

The virtualenv tool creates isolated Python environments. The virtualenv tool is a successor to workingenv, and an extension of virtual-python.
Security Fix(es):
* python-pip: directory traversal in _download_http_url() function in src/pip/_internal/download.py (CVE-2019-20916)
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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat directory traversal moderate risk python-virtualenv

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-20916 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
Source: python-virtualenv-15.1.0-7.el7_9.src.rpm
noarch: python-virtualenv-15.1.0-7.el7_9.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
Source: python-virtualenv-15.1.0-7.el7_9.src.rpm
noarch: python-virtualenv-15.1.0-7.el7_9.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: python-virtualenv-15.1.0-7.el7_9.src.rpm
noarch: python-virtualenv-15.1.0-7.el7_9.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source: python-virtualenv-15.1.0-7.el7_9.src.rpm
noarch: python-virtualenv-15.1.0-7.el7_9.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/


Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:5234-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:5234
Issue date: 2022-06-28

Topic

An update for python-virtualenv is now available for Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. 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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat directory traversal moderate risk python-virtualenv

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - noarch

Bugs Fixed

1868135 - CVE-2019-20916 python-pip: directory traversal in _download_http_url() function in src/pip/_internal/download.py

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