USN-6473-2: pip vulnerabilities

23958

04 December 2023

04 December 2023

CLOSED

MEDIUM

CVE-2018-25091,CVE-2023-43804,CVE-2023-45803

Severity

medium

Vendor

VMware Tanzu

Versions Affected

  • Canonical Ubuntu 16.04
  • Canonical Ubuntu 18.04
  • Canonical Ubuntu 22.04

Description

USN-6473-1 fixed vulnerabilities in urllib3. This update provides the corresponding updates for the urllib3 module bundled into pip. Original advisory details: It was discovered that urllib3 didn't strip HTTP Authorization header on cross-origin redirects. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-25091) It was discovered that urllib3 didn't strip HTTP Cookie header on cross-origin redirects. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2023-43804) It was discovered that urllib3 didn't strip HTTP body on status code 303 redirects under certain circumstances. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2023-45803) Update Instructions: Run `sudo pro fix USN-6473-2` to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: python-pip - 8.1.1-2ubuntu0.6+esm6 python-pip-whl - 8.1.1-2ubuntu0.6+esm6 python3-pip - 8.1.1-2ubuntu0.6+esm6 Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2018-25091, CVE-2023-43804, CVE-2023-45803

Affected VMware Products and Versions

Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.

  • Platform Automation Toolkit
    • 4.4.x versions prior to 4.4.19
    • 5.0.x versions prior to 5.0.13

Mitigation

Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigation below. On the Tanzu Network product page for each release, check the Depends On section and/or Release Notes for this information. Releases that have fixed this issue include:
  • Platform Automation Toolkit
    • 4.4.19
    • 5.0.13

References

History

2023-12-04: Initial vulnerability report published.