Medium: python-pip

Issue Overview:

The pip package before 19.2 for Python allows Directory Traversal when a URL is given in an install command, because a Content-Disposition header can have …/ in a filename, as demonstrated by overwriting the /root/.ssh/authorized_keys file. This occurs in _download_http_url in _internal/download.py. (CVE-2019-20916)

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.amzn2.0.2.noarch  
    python3-pip-20.2.2-1.amzn2.0.2.noarch  
    python-pip-wheel-20.2.2-1.amzn2.0.2.noarch  
  
src:  
    python-pip-20.2.2-1.amzn2.0.2.src  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2019-20916

Mitre: CVE-2019-20916