rhsa-2021_4455
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat
Published
2021-11-09 18:30
Modified
2024-11-06 00:07
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: python-pip security update

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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