CVE-2014-0012

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-0012
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-05-19 14:55:10 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionFileSystemBytecodeCache in Jinja2 2.7.2 does not properly create temporary directories, which allows local users to gain privileges by pre-creating a temporary directory with a user's uid. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-1402.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.4 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Pocoo Jinja2 2.7.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory SA60738 - Gentoo update for jinja - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
1051421 – (CVE-2014-1402) CVE-2014-1402 python-jinja2: FileSystemBytecodeCache insecure cache temporary file use af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Jinja2: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
oss-sec: CVE assignment for jinja2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
Fix for CVE-2014-0012 by thoger · Pull Request #296 · pallets/jinja · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
Fix for CVE-2014-0012 (Insecure temp folder creation) by kilink · Pull Request #292 · pallets/jinja · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
Security Advisory SA56328 - Jinja Filesystem Cache Insecure Directory Creation Security Issue - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Fixed a security issue with temporary files on the filesystem cache o… · pallets/jinja@acb672b · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Patch
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