CVE-2013-1888

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-1888
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-08-17 06:54:00 UTC
Updated2021-03-15 16:50:00 UTC
Descriptionpip before 1.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in the /tmp/pip-build temporary directory.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 17 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 18 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 19 All All All
Application Pip-installer Pip 1.0 All All All
Application Pip-installer Pip 1.0.1 All All All
Application Pip-installer Pip 1.0.2 All All All
Application Pip-installer Pip 1.1 All All All
Application Pip-installer Pip 1.2 All All All
Application Pip-installer Pip All All All All
Application Pypa Pip All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: python-virtualenv-1.9.1-1.fc19 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: python-pip insecure temporary directory handling MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
/tmp/pip-build not secure · Issue #725 · pypa/pip · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Third Party Advisory
Fix #725 and #729. /tmp/pip-build issues by d1b · Pull Request #734 · pypa/pip · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: python-virtualenv-1.9.1-1.fc18 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
/tmp/pip-build fixes by qwcode · Pull Request #780 · pypa/pip · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: python-virtualenv-1.9.1-1.fc17 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
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