Medium: python-pip

Issue Overview:

When installing a package from a Mercurial VCS URL (ie “pip install
hg+…”) with pip prior to v23.3, the specified Mercurial revision could
be used to inject arbitrary configuration options to the “hg clone”
call (ie “–config”). Controlling the Mercurial configuration can modify
how and which repository is installed. This vulnerability does not
affect users who aren’t installing from Mercurial. (CVE-2023-5752)

Affected Packages:

python-pip

Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.

Issue Correction:
Run yum update python-pip to update your system.

New Packages:

noarch:  
    python2-pip-20.2.2-1.amzn2.0.5.noarch  
    python3-pip-20.2.2-1.amzn2.0.5.noarch  
    python-pip-wheel-20.2.2-1.amzn2.0.5.noarch  
  
src:  
    python-pip-20.2.2-1.amzn2.0.5.src  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2023-5752

Mitre: CVE-2023-5752