CVE-2019-20916

NameCVE-2019-20916
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-2370-1, ELA-281-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
python-pip (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1.5.6-5+deb8u2fixed
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch9.0.1-2+deb9u2fixed
buster18.1-5vulnerable
bullseye20.3.4-4+deb11u1fixed
bookworm23.0.1+dfsg-1fixed
sid, trixie24.0+dfsg-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
python-pipsourcejessie1.5.6-5+deb8u1ELA-281-1
python-pipsourcestretch9.0.1-2+deb9u2DLA-2370-1
python-pipsource(unstable)20.0.2-1

Notes

[buster] - python-pip <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/6413
https://github.com/pypa/pip/commit/a4c735b14a62f9cb864533808ac63936704f2ace (19.2)

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