fkie_cve-2023-6597
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2024-03-19 16:15
Modified
2025-11-03 22:16
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Summary
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.
References
cna@python.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/20/5
cna@python.orghttps://github.com/python/cpython/commit/02a9259c717738dfe6b463c44d7e17f2b6d2cb3a
cna@python.orghttps://github.com/python/cpython/commit/5585334d772b253a01a6730e8202ffb1607c3d25
cna@python.orghttps://github.com/python/cpython/commit/6ceb8aeda504b079fef7a57b8d81472f15cdd9a5
cna@python.orghttps://github.com/python/cpython/commit/81c16cd94ec38d61aa478b9a452436dc3b1b524d
cna@python.orghttps://github.com/python/cpython/commit/8eaeefe49d179ca4908d052745e3bb8b6f238f82
cna@python.orghttps://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d54e22a669ae6e987199bb5d2c69bb5a46b0083b
cna@python.orghttps://github.com/python/cpython/issues/91133
cna@python.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00025.html
cna@python.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T3IGRX54M7RNCQOXVQO5KQKTGWCOABIM/
cna@python.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U5VHWS52HGD743C47UMCSAK2A773M2YE/
cna@python.orghttps://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/Q5C6ATFC67K53XFV4KE45325S7NS62LD/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/20/5
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/02a9259c717738dfe6b463c44d7e17f2b6d2cb3a
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/5585334d772b253a01a6730e8202ffb1607c3d25
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/6ceb8aeda504b079fef7a57b8d81472f15cdd9a5
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/81c16cd94ec38d61aa478b9a452436dc3b1b524d
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/8eaeefe49d179ca4908d052745e3bb8b6f238f82
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d54e22a669ae6e987199bb5d2c69bb5a46b0083b
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/91133
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00025.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00005.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00000.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T3IGRX54M7RNCQOXVQO5KQKTGWCOABIM/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U5VHWS52HGD743C47UMCSAK2A773M2YE/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/Q5C6ATFC67K53XFV4KE45325S7NS62LD/
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      "value": "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.\n\nThe 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.\n"
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      "value": "Se encontr\u00f3 un problema en la clase CPython `tempfile.TemporaryDirectory` que afecta a las versiones 3.12.2, 3.11.8, 3.10.13, 3.9.18 y 3.8.18 y anteriores. La clase tempfile.TemporaryDirectory eliminar\u00eda la referencia a enlaces simb\u00f3licos durante la limpieza de errores relacionados con permisos. Esto significa que los usuarios que pueden ejecutar programas privilegiados pueden modificar los permisos de los archivos a los que hacen referencia los enlaces simb\u00f3licos en algunas circunstancias."
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