CVE-2021-3572

Advisory

A flaw was found in python-pip in the way it handled Unicode separators in git references. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to install a different revision on a repository. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data integrity.

Affected package

Affected versions

Fixed versions

Vulnerability changelog

A flaw was found in python-pip in the way it handled Unicode separators in git references. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to install a different revision on a repository. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data integrity. This is fixed in python-pip version 21.1. See CVE-2021-3572.


MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1962856: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1962856

Resources

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1962856
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-3572
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html