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Bug 721672 (CVE-2018-20225) - dev-python/pip: Possible code execution via untrusted packages from external indexes (CVE-2018-20225)
Summary: dev-python/pip: Possible code execution via untrusted packages from external ...
Status: IN_PROGRESS
Alias: CVE-2018-20225
Product: Gentoo Security
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Security
URL: https://cowlicks.website/posts/arbitr...
Whiteboard: C2 [upstream cve]
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Reported: 2020-05-08 18:59 UTC by Sam James
Modified: 2020-05-08 19:02 UTC (History)
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Description Sam James archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2020-05-08 18:59:12 UTC
Description:
"An issue was discovered in pip (all versions) because it installs the version with the highest version number, even if the user had intended to obtain a private package from a private index. This only affects use of the --extra-index-url option, and exploitation requires that the package does not already exist in the public index (and thus the attacker can put the package there with an arbitrary version number)."