CVE-2013-1888 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

69%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

165%

pip before 1.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in the /tmp/pip-build temporary directory.

pip before 1.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in the /tmp/pip-build temporary directory.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.9. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

pip-installer pip

First reported 11 years ago

2013-08-17 06:54:00

Last updated 11 years ago

2013-12-01 04:27:00

Affected Software

pip-installer pip 1.0

1.0

pip-installer pip 1.0.1

1.0.1

pip-installer pip 1.0.2

1.0.2

pip-installer pip 1.1

1.1

pip-installer pip 1.2

1.2

References

FEDORA-2013-8193

FEDORA-2013-8221

FEDORA-2013-8166

[oss-security] 20130322 Re: CVE Request: python-pip insecure temporary directory handling

https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/725

https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/734/files

https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/780/files

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