rhsa-2023_6914
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat
Published
2023-11-14 16:08
Modified
2024-11-14 10:09
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: python3.11-pip security update

Notes

Topic
An update for python3.11-pip is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. 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: tarfile module directory traversal (CVE-2007-4559) 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 8.9 Release Notes linked from the References section.
Terms of Use
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