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Ubuntu: USN-4961-2 (CVE-2021-3572): pip vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-4961-2 (CVE-2021-3572): pip vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
11/10/2021
Created
03/29/2023
Added
03/22/2023
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

A flaw was found in python-pip in the way it handled Unicode separators in git references. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to install a different revision on a repository. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data integrity. This is fixed in python-pip version 21.1.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-python3-pip

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