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Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 6:26 pm Post subject: [ GLSA 201206-17 ] virtualenv: Insecure temporary file usage |
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
Title: virtualenv: Insecure temporary file usage (GLSA 201206-17)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: local
Date: June 22, 2012
Bug(s): #395285
ID: 201206-17
Synopsis
An insecure temporary file usage has been reported in virtualenv,
possibly allowing symlink attacks.
Background
virtualenv is a virtual Python environment builder.
Affected Packages
Package: dev-python/virtualenv
Vulnerable: < 1.5.1
Unaffected: >= 1.5.1
Architectures: All supported architectures
Description
The virtualenv.py script in virtualenv does not handle temporary files
securely.
Impact
A local attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary
files with the privileges of the user running the application.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All virtualenv users should upgrade to the latest version: Code: | # emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/virtualenv-1.5.1"
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References
CVE-2011-4617 |
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