USN-4961-1 fixed a vulnerability in pip. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that pip incorrectly handled unicode separators in git references. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to install a different revision on a repository.
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{ "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro", "binaries": [ { "binary_version": "9.0.1-2.3~ubuntu1.18.04.5+esm2", "binary_name": "python-pip" }, { "binary_version": "9.0.1-2.3~ubuntu1.18.04.5+esm2", "binary_name": "python-pip-whl" }, { "binary_version": "9.0.1-2.3~ubuntu1.18.04.5+esm2", "binary_name": "python3-pip" } ] }