CVE-2011-4944 (GCVE-0-2011-4944)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-08-27 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 00:23
VLAI?
Summary
Python 2.6 through 3.2 creates ~/.pypirc with world-readable permissions before changing them after data has been written, which introduces a race condition that allows local users to obtain a username and password by reading this file.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1615-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://secunia.com/advisories/51087 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/27/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1592-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/27/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=758905 x_refsource_MISC
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1616-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://secunia.com/advisories/51040 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=650555 x_refsource_MISC
http://bugs.python.org/file23824/pypirc-secure.diff x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
http://secunia.com/advisories/50858 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/51089 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/0… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://bugs.python.org/issue13512 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1596-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://secunia.com/advisories/51024 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
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