pypa/pip · Security
pip lack of randomness in build directory
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-53mr-44pp-crf4
- CVE ID
- CVE-2014-8991
- Severity
- medium
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 6.2 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS v3
- 6.2 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS v4
- 5.5 · CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
Description
pip 1.3 through 1.5.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (prevention of package installation) by creating a /tmp/pip-build-* file for another user.
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8991 ↗
- https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/2122 ↗
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725847 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/19/17 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/20/6 ↗
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html ↗
- https://github.com/pypa/pip/commit/043fe9f5700315d97f83609c1f59deece8f1b901 ↗
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pip/PYSEC-2014-11.yaml ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-53mr-44pp-crf4 ↗