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DEBIAN-CVE-2019-20916

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...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 python-pip

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"20.0.2-1"}]}]

Debian:13 python-pip

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"20.0.2-1"}]}]

Debian:14 python-pip

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"20.0.2-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org