CVE-2014-1402

Summary

CVECVE-2014-1402
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-05-19 14:55:00 UTC
Updated2017-12-22 02:29:00 UTC
DescriptionThe default configuration for bccache.FileSystemBytecodeCache in Jinja2 before 2.7.2 does not properly create temporary files, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted .cache file with a name starting with __jinja2_ in /tmp.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Pocoo Jinja2 2.0 - All All
Application Pocoo Jinja2 2.0 rc1 All All
Application Pocoo Jinja2 2.1 All All All
Application Pocoo Jinja2 2.1.1 All All All
Application Pocoo Jinja2 2.2 All All All
Application Pocoo Jinja2 2.2.1 All All All
Application Pocoo Jinja2 2.3 All All All
Application Pocoo Jinja2 2.3.1 All All All
Application Pocoo Jinja2 2.4 All All All
Application Pocoo Jinja2 2.4.1 All All All
Application Pocoo Jinja2 2.5 All All All
Application Pocoo Jinja2 2.5.1 All All All
Application Pocoo Jinja2 2.5.2 All All All
Application Pocoo Jinja2 2.5.3 All All All
Application Pocoo Jinja2 2.5.4 All All All
Application Pocoo Jinja2 2.5.5 All All All
Application Pocoo Jinja2 2.6 All All All
Application Pocoo Jinja2 2.7 All All All
Application Pocoo Jinja2 2.0 - All All
Application Pocoo Jinja2 2.0 rc1 All All
Application Pocoo Jinja2 2.1 All All All
Application Pocoo Jinja2 2.1.1 All All All
Application Pocoo Jinja2 2.2 All All All
Application Pocoo Jinja2 2.2.1 All All All
Application Pocoo Jinja2 2.3 All All All
Application Pocoo Jinja2 2.3.1 All All All
Application Pocoo Jinja2 2.4 All All All
Application Pocoo Jinja2 2.4.1 All All All
Application Pocoo Jinja2 2.5 All All All
Application Pocoo Jinja2 2.5.1 All All All
Application Pocoo Jinja2 2.5.2 All All All
Application Pocoo Jinja2 2.5.3 All All All
Application Pocoo Jinja2 2.5.4 All All All
Application Pocoo Jinja2 2.5.5 All All All
Application Pocoo Jinja2 2.6 All All All
Application Pocoo Jinja2 2.7 All All All
Application Pocoo Jinja2 All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Jinja2: Multiple vulnerabilities GENTOO www.gentoo.org
Security Advisory SA60738 - Gentoo update for jinja - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
#734747 - jinja2: CVE-2014-1402: jinja2.bccache.FileSystemBytecodeCache: insecure default directory - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org
[El-errata] ELSA-2014-0747 Moderate: Oracle Linux 6 python-jinja2 security update MLIST oss.oracle.com
Jinja2 Changelog — Jinja2 Documentation (2.8-dev) CONFIRM jinja.pocoo.org
Security Advisory SA56287 - Jinja Filesystem Cache Insecure File Creation Security Issue - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
oss-security - CVE Request: python-jinja2: arbitrary code execution vulnerability MLIST openwall.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera SECUNIA secunia.com
Security Advisory SA58783 - Oracle Linux update for python-jinja2 - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2014:096 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0028 - Updated python-jinja2 package fixes two security vulnerabilities CONFIRM advisories.mageia.org
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: python-jinja2: arbitrary code execution vulnerability MLIST openwall.com
Security Advisory SA58918 - Red Hat update for python33-python-jinja2 and python27-python-jinja2 - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
1051421 – (CVE-2014-1402) CVE-2014-1402 python-jinja2: FileSystemBytecodeCache insecure cache temporary file use CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
Security Advisory SA59017 - Red Hat update for python-jinja2 - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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