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CVE-2013-1888

Published: 17 August 2013

pip before 1.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in the /tmp/pip-build temporary directory.

Priority

Low

Status

Package Release Status
python-pip
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy Does not exist

lucid Ignored
(end of life)
oneiric Ignored
(end of life)
precise Ignored
(end of life)
quantal Ignored
(end of life)
raring Not vulnerable
(1.3.1-0ubuntu1)
saucy Not vulnerable
(1.3.1-0ubuntu1)
trusty Not vulnerable
(1.3.1-0ubuntu1)
upstream
Released (1.3)
utopic Not vulnerable
(1.3.1-0ubuntu1)
vivid Not vulnerable
(1.3.1-0ubuntu1)
wily Not vulnerable
(1.3.1-0ubuntu1)
xenial Not vulnerable
(1.3.1-0ubuntu1)
yakkety Not vulnerable
(1.3.1-0ubuntu1)
zesty Not vulnerable
(1.3.1-0ubuntu1)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/780/files
This vulnerability is mitigated in part by the use of symlink restrictions in Ubuntu. This vulnerability is mitigated in part by the use of hardlink restrictions in Ubuntu.