Moderate: python-pip security update

2023-11-1400:00:00

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osv.dev

python

pip

security

update

package management

cve-2007-4559

pypi

directory traversal

almalinux

release notes

6.7 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

6.8 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

Access Complexity

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.025 Low

EPSS

Percentile

90.1%

JSON

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 AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.