CVE-2014-1624
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jan 28, 2014
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Jan 21, 2014
Description
Race condition in the xdg.BaseDirectory.get_runtime_dir function in python-xdg 0.25 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by pre-creating /tmp/pyxdg-runtime-dir-fallback-victim to point to a victim-owned location, then replacing it with a symlink to an attacker-controlled location once the get_runtime_dir function is called.
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- [oss-security] 20140121 Re: Fwd: [Python-modules-team] Bug#736247: python-xdg: get_runtime_dir(strict=False): insecure use of /tmpmailing-list
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736247
- pythonxdg-cve20141624-symlink(90618)vdb-entry
- 65042vdb-entry
- [oss-security] 20140121 Fwd: [Python-modules-team] Bug#736247: python-xdg: get_runtime_dir(strict=False): insecure use of /tmpmailing-list
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