Data Handling in pip - CVE-2018-20225

Vulnerability identifier: #VU88540

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 7.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20225

CWE-ID: CWE-19

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The issue exists due to the way pip handles software versioning during installation with --extra-index-url option enabled, which results in the version with the highest version number to be installed, even if the user had intended to obtain a private package from a private index. A remote attacker compromise the repository and force installation of a malicious package.

pip
watsonx.data
watsonx.data integration
Netezza Performance Server Replication Services
IBM Watson Machine Learning Accelerator
IBM Maximo Application Suite - Manage Component
Juniper Cloud Native Router
IBM Netezza Analytics
Junos cRPD

Install updates from vendor's website.

watsonx.data - update to 2.2
watsonx.data integration - update to 5.2.2
Netezza Performance Server Replication Services - update to 3.0.5.1
IBM Watson Machine Learning Accelerator - update to 5.0.3
IBM Maximo Application Suite - Manage Component - addressed in versions 8.6.17, 8.7.11, 9.0.2
IBM Netezza Analytics - update to 11.2.29
Juniper Cloud Native Router - update to 23.4R1
Junos cRPD - update to 23.4R1

• https://cowlicks.website/posts/arbitrary-code-execution-from-pips-extra-index-url.html
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1835736

• Remote code execution in pip
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Juniper Cloud Native Router
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Juniper Networks Junos cRPD
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Maximo Application Suite - Manage Component
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Watson Machine Learning Accelerator on Cloud Pak for Data
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Netezza Analytics - NPS
• IBM watsonx.data update for pip
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Netezza Performance Server Replication Services
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM watsonx.data integration