CVE-2023-6597
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Mar 19, 2024
- Updated
- Nov 3, 2025
- Reserved
- Dec 7, 2023
Description
An issue was found in the CPython `tempfile.TemporaryDirectory` class affecting versions 3.12.1, 3.11.7, 3.10.13, 3.9.18, and 3.8.18 and prior.
The tempfile.TemporaryDirectory class would dereference symlinks during cleanup of permissions-related errors. This means users which can run privileged programs are potentially able to modify permissions of files referenced by symlinks in some circumstances.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N | PSF |
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
CPythonPython Software Foundation |
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References
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/81c16cd94ec38d61aa478b9a452436dc3b1b524dpatch
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/6ceb8aeda504b079fef7a57b8d81472f15cdd9a5patch
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/5585334d772b253a01a6730e8202ffb1607c3d25patch
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/8eaeefe49d179ca4908d052745e3bb8b6f238f82patch
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d54e22a669ae6e987199bb5d2c69bb5a46b0083bpatch
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/02a9259c717738dfe6b463c44d7e17f2b6d2cb3apatch
- https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/91133issue-tracking
- https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/Q5C6ATFC67K53XFV4KE45325S7NS62LD/vendor-advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00025.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/20/5
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T3IGRX54M7RNCQOXVQO5KQKTGWCOABIM/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U5VHWS52HGD743C47UMCSAK2A773M2YE/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00000.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00005.html
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