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  2. USN-5821-4

USN-5821-4: pip regression

Publication date

2 March 2023

Overview

USN-5821-3 caused a minor regression in pip.

Releases

Packages

Details

USN-5821-3 fixed a vulnerability in pip. The update introduced
a minor regression in Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

Sebastian Chnelik discovered that wheel incorrectly handled
certain file names when validated against a regex expression.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service.

USN-5821-3 fixed a vulnerability in pip. The update introduced
a minor regression in Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

Sebastian Chnelik discovered that wheel incorrectly handled
certain file names when validated against a regex expression.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
18.04 bionic python-pip –  9.0.1-2.3~ubuntu1.18.04.8
python-pip-whl –  9.0.1-2.3~ubuntu1.18.04.8
python3-pip –  9.0.1-2.3~ubuntu1.18.04.8
16.04 xenial python-pip –  8.1.1-2ubuntu0.6+esm5  
python-pip-whl –  8.1.1-2ubuntu0.6+esm5  
python3-pip –  8.1.1-2ubuntu0.6+esm5  
14.04 trusty python-pip –  1.5.4-1ubuntu4+esm4  
python-pip-whl –  1.5.4-1ubuntu4+esm4  
python3-pip –  1.5.4-1ubuntu4+esm4  

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