CVE-2013-4251

Summary

CVECVE-2013-4251
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-11-04 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2019-11-08 18:51:00 UTC
DescriptionThe scipy.weave component in SciPy before 0.12.1 creates insecure temporary directories.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-269

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 18 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 19 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 20 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 18 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 19 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 20 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Application Scipy Scipy All All All All
Application Scipy Scipy All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2013-4251 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: scipy-0.12.1-1.fc19 MISC lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
BUG: weave: fix issues with temporary directory usage · scipy/scipy@bd296e0 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
916690 – (CVE-2013-4251) CVE-2013-4251 scipy: weave /tmp and current directory issues MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
CVE-2013-4251 MISC security-tracker.debian.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: scipy-0.12.1-1.fc20 MISC lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: scipy-0.12.1-1.fc18 MISC lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
SciPy 'scipy.weave' Insecure Temporary Directory Creation Privilege Escalation Vulnerability MISC www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
IBM X-Force Exchange MISC exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Bug 845755 – VUL-0: CVE-2013-4251: python-scipy: weave /tmp and current directory issues MISC bugzilla.suse.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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