GHSA-3jhc-wjqf-5f2cMediumCVSS 6.2
Virtualenv Allows Symlink Attack on /tmp/
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.
🎯 Affected products1
- pip/virtualenv:< 1.5
🔗 References (11)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4617
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071638.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071643.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/4
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/5
- https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/commit/68075ad9ededf7df2c46d385f836c13b729de2ca
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200228151935/https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/commits/8be37c509fe5
- https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/changeset/8be37c509fe5
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/virtualenv/PYSEC-2011-23.yaml
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3jhc-wjqf-5f2c