CVE-2014-8991
LOW severity · CVSS 2.1
2.1CVSS LOW
Summary
pip 1.3 through 1.5.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (prevention of package installation) by creating a /tmp/pip-build-* file for another user.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/2122 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/2122Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/19/17Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/20/6Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71209Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725847Advisory