MEDIUM 6.2 PyPI
Virtualenv Allows Symlink Attack on /tmp/
GHSA-3jhc-wjqf-5f2c · CVE-2011-4617 · PYSEC-2011-23
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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/.
References
- ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4617
- WEB https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/commit/68075ad9ededf7df2c46d385f836c13b729de2ca
- WEB https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/changeset/8be37c509fe5
- WEB https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/virtualenv/PYSEC-2011-23.yaml
- PACKAGE https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv
- WEB https://web.archive.org/web/20200228151935/https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/commits/8be37c509fe5
- WEB http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071638.html
- WEB http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071643.html
- WEB http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/2
- WEB http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/4
- WEB http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/5
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