CVE-2011-4944

Severity

19%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

48%

Python 2.6 through 3.2 creates ~/.pypirc with world-readable permissions before changing them after data has been written, which introduces a race condition that allows local users to obtain a username and password by reading this file.

Python 2.6 through 3.2 creates ~/.pypirc with world-readable permissions before changing them after data has been written, which introduces a race condition that allows local users to obtain a username and password by reading this file.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 1.9. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

Type

Python

First reported 12 years ago

2012-08-27 23:55:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-10-25 11:53:00

Affected Software

Python 2.6.1

2.6.1

Python 2.6.2

2.6.2

Python 2.6.3

2.6.3

Python 2.6.4

2.6.4

Python 2.6.5

2.6.5

Python 2.6.6

2.6.6

Python 2.6.7

2.6.7

Python 2.6.8

2.6.8

Python 2.6.2150

2.6.2150

Python 2.6.6150

2.6.6150

Python 2.7.1

2.7.1

Python 2.7.1 Release Candiate 1

2.7.1

Python 2.7.2 Release Candidate 1

2.7.2

Python 2.7.3

2.7.3

Python 2.7.1150

2.7.1150

Python 2.7.1150 (x64) 64-bit

2.7.1150

Python 2.7.2150

2.7.2150

Python 3.0

3.0

Python 3.0.1

3.0.1

Python 3.1

3.1

Python 3.1.1

3.1.1

Python 3.1.2

3.1.2

Python 3.1.3

3.1.3

Python 3.1.4

3.1.4

Python 3.1.5

3.1.5

Python 3.1.2150 (x64) 64-bit

3.1.2150

Python 3.2

3.2

Python 3.2-alpha

3.2

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=650555

http://bugs.python.org/file23824/pypirc-secure.diff

http://bugs.python.org/issue13512

APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-3

openSUSE-SU-2020:0086

50858

51024

51040

51087

51089

[oss-security] 20120327 Re: CVE request: distutils creates ~/.pypirc insecurely

[oss-security] 20120327 CVE request: distutils creates ~/.pypirc insecurely

[oss-security] 20120327 Re: CVE request: distutils creates ~/.pypirc insecurely

USN-1592-1

USN-1596-1

USN-1613-1

USN-1613-2

USN-1615-1

USN-1616-1

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=758905

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