[SECURITY] Fedora EPEL 7 Update: python-pip-7.1.0-1.el7
updates at fedoraproject.org
updates at fedoraproject.org
Mon Jul 20 19:47:35 UTC 2015
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Fedora EPEL Update Notification
FEDORA-EPEL-2015-7005
2015-07-01 13:59:28
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Name : python-pip
Product : Fedora EPEL 7
Version : 7.1.0
Release : 1.el7
URL : http://www.pip-installer.org
Summary : A tool for installing and managing Python packages
Description :
Pip is a replacement for `easy_install
<http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall>`_. It uses mostly the
same techniques for finding packages, so packages that were made
easy_installable should be pip-installable as well.
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Update Information:
Newest version of pip that fixes bunch of security issues and brings new features.
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #1066692 - CVE-2013-5123 python-pip: insecure software download with mirroring support
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1066692
[ 2 ] Bug #1224999 - CVE-2013-7440 python: wildcard matching rules do not follow RFC 6125
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1224999
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update programs. Use
su -c 'yum update python-pip' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.
All packages are signed with the Fedora EPEL GPG key. More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/keys
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