CVE-2021-3572 The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package python38:3.8/python38-wheel  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX8-PYTHON38-8067215
  • published20 Sept 2024
  • disclosed9 Nov 2021

Introduced: 9 Nov 2021

CVE-2021-3572  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The AlmaLinux security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for AlmaLinux:8.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python38:3.8/python38-wheel package and not the python38:3.8/python38-wheel package as distributed by AlmaLinux.

A flaw was found in python-pip in the way it handled Unicode separators in git references. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to install a different revision on a repository. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data integrity. This is fixed in python-pip version 21.1.