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RHSA-2021:4455

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2021-11-09 18:30 - Updated: 2025-11-21 18:26

Summary

Red Hat Security Advisory: python-pip security update

Severity

Low

Notes

Topic: 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 Low. 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.

Details: 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: Incorrect handling of unicode separators in git references (CVE-2021-3572) 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 8.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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CVE-2021-3572

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.

4.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation

Affected products

Fixed 8 products

Product	Version	Remediation
Unresolved product id: AppStream-8.5.0.GA:platform-python-pip-0:9.0.3-20.el8.noarch	—	Vendor Fix fix
Unresolved product id: AppStream-8.5.0.GA:python-pip-0:9.0.3-20.el8.src	—	Vendor Fix fix
Unresolved product id: AppStream-8.5.0.GA:python3-pip-0:9.0.3-20.el8.noarch	—	Vendor Fix fix
Unresolved product id: AppStream-8.5.0.GA:python3-pip-wheel-0:9.0.3-20.el8.noarch	—	Vendor Fix fix
Unresolved product id: BaseOS-8.5.0.GA:platform-python-pip-0:9.0.3-20.el8.noarch	—	Vendor Fix fix
Unresolved product id: BaseOS-8.5.0.GA:python-pip-0:9.0.3-20.el8.src	—	Vendor Fix fix
Unresolved product id: BaseOS-8.5.0.GA:python3-pip-0:9.0.3-20.el8.noarch	—	Vendor Fix fix
Unresolved product id: BaseOS-8.5.0.GA:python3-pip-wheel-0:9.0.3-20.el8.noarch	—	Vendor Fix fix

Threats

Impact Low

References

9 references

URL	Category
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4455	self
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classi…	external
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red…	external
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1962856	external
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/a…	self
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3572	self
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1962856	external
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-3572	external
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3572	external

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CVE-2021-3572 (GCVE-0-2021-3572)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-10 17:55 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:01

Summary

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-20

Assigner

redhat

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1962856
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2024062…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
n/a	python-pip	Affected: fixed in python-pip 21.1

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        "shortName": "redhat"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1962856"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0006/"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749",
    "assignerShortName": "redhat",
    "cveId": "CVE-2021-3572",
    "datePublished": "2021-11-10T17:55:47.000Z",
    "dateReserved": "2021-06-01T00:00:00.000Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2024-08-03T17:01:08.109Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
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}

Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

Action not permitted

RHSA-2021:4455

CVE-2021-3572 (GCVE-0-2021-3572)

Tags

Sightings

Nomenclature