PT-2013-3451 · Python · Pip

D1B + 2 · Published 2013-08-16 · Updated 2022-05-13 · CVE-2013-1888

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v4.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions pip versions prior to 1.3

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

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.3, update to version 1.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-1888

GHSA-4GV5-QHVR-36VV

PYSEC-2013-9

Affected Products

Pip

References · 13

• https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/734/files · Patch
• https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/780/files · Patch
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105952.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106311.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1888 · Security Note
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105989.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-4gv5-qhvr-36vv · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2013-9 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/pypa/pip · Note
• https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/725 · Note
• https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pip/PYSEC-2013-9.yaml · Note
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4gv5-qhvr-36vv · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/22/10 · Note