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GLSA-201309-05 : pip: Multiple vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 69861

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201309-05 (pip: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in pip. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could conduct a Man-in-the-Middle attack to cause pip to execute arbitrary code. A local attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the application.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All pip users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-python/pip-1.3.1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201309-05

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 69861

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201309-05.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Published: 9/13/2013

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:pip, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 9/12/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1629, CVE-2013-1888

GLSA: 201309-05