Access Restriction Bypass Affecting tkinter package, versions <0:2.6.6-29.el6_2.2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-TKINTER-1442754
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed30 Nov 2011

Introduced: 30 Nov 2011

CVE-2011-4944  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 tkinter to version 0:2.6.6-29.el6_2.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2012:0744.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tkinter package and not the tkinter package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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