Symlink Following Affecting platform-python package, versions <0:3.6.8-62.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-PLATFORMPYTHON-6681780
  • published27 Apr 2024
  • disclosed19 Mar 2024

Introduced: 19 Mar 2024

CVE-2023-6597  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-61  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 platform-python to version 0:3.6.8-62.el8_10 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream platform-python package and not the platform-python package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1