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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: USN-4601-1 Critical: Python-pip Directory Traversal

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Calendar Grey October 22, 2020
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4602-1 reveals a vulnerability in Docker that can enable privilege escalation. Update your installation immediately!
pip could be made to overwrite files as the administrator.

Summary

pip could be made to overwrite files as the administrator.

Software Description:

- python-pip: Python package installer

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)

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Topics Covered

security advisory directory traversal file overwrite ubuntu python-pip

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  python-pip                      9.0.1-2.3~ubuntu1.18.04.4
  python3-pip                     9.0.1-2.3~ubuntu1.18.04.4

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4601-1

CVE-2019-20916

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Topics Covered

security advisory directory traversal file overwrite ubuntu python-pip

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-pip/9.0.1-2.3~ubuntu1.18.04.4

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