Packages
- python-pip - Python package installer
Details
USN-5821-1 fixed a vulnerability in wheel and pip. Unfortunately,
it was missing a commit to fix it properly in pip.
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-5821-1 fixed a vulnerability in wheel and pip. Unfortunately,
it was missing a commit to fix it properly in pip.
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 22.10 kinetic | python3-pip-whl – 22.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2 | ||
| python3-pip – 22.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2 | |||
| 22.04 jammy | python3-pip-whl – 22.0.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2 | ||
| python3-pip – 22.0.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2 | |||
| 20.04 focal | python-pip-whl – 20.0.2-5ubuntu1.8 | ||
| python3-pip – 20.0.2-5ubuntu1.8 | |||
| 18.04 bionic | python-pip – 9.0.1-2.3~ubuntu1.18.04.7 | ||
| python-pip-whl – 9.0.1-2.3~ubuntu1.18.04.7 | |||
| python3-pip – 9.0.1-2.3~ubuntu1.18.04.7 | |||
| 16.04 xenial | python-pip – 8.1.1-2ubuntu0.6+esm4 | ||
| python-pip-whl – 8.1.1-2ubuntu0.6+esm4 | |||
| python3-pip – 8.1.1-2ubuntu0.6+esm4 | |||
| 14.04 trusty | python-pip – 1.5.4-1ubuntu4+esm3 | ||
| python-pip-whl – 1.5.4-1ubuntu4+esm3 | |||
| python3-pip – 1.5.4-1ubuntu4+esm3 | |||
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