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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS : pip regression (USN-5821-4)

info Nessus Plugin ID 172056

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5821-4 advisory.

 USN-5821-3 fixed a vulnerability in pip. The update introduced a minor regression in Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. This update fixes the problem.

 We apologize for the inconvenience.



Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected python-pip, python-pip-whl and / or python3-pip packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5821-4

Plugin Details

Severity: Info

ID: 172056

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5821-4.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/2/2023

Updated: 10/29/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-pip-whl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-pip, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-pip

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/2/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/2/2023

Reference Information

USN: 5821-4