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Posted on 04 November 2020
RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: python-pip security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:4432-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4432
Issue date: 2020-11-03
CVE Names: CVE-2019-20916
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1. Summary:
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 impact
of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
the CVE link(s) in the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - noarch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) - noarch
3. Description:
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: 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.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 8.3 Release Notes linked from the References section.
4. 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
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1868135 - CVE-2019-20916 python-pip: directory traversal in _download_http_url() function in src/pip/_internal/download.py
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
noarch:
python3-pip-9.0.3-18.el8.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8):
Source:
python-pip-9.0.3-18.el8.src.rpm
noarch:
platform-python-pip-9.0.3-18.el8.noarch.rpm
python3-pip-wheel-9.0.3-18.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/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-20916
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.3_release_notes/index
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2020 Red Hat, Inc.
