pypa/pip · Security
Improper Link Resolution Before File Access in pip
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-4gv5-qhvr-36vv
- CVE ID
- CVE-2013-1888
- Severity
- medium
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 6.2 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS v3
- 6.2 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS v4
- 6.9 · CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Description
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.
CWEs
- CWE-59 · Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1888 ↗
- https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/725 ↗
- https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/734/files ↗
- https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/780/files ↗
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105952.html ↗
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105989.html ↗
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106311.html ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/22/10 ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4gv5-qhvr-36vv ↗
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pip/PYSEC-2013-9.yaml ↗