Access Restriction Bypass Affecting python package, versions [2.6.1,3.2]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.04% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-PYTHON-2317726
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed27 Aug 2012
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 27 Aug 2012

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

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for python.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. 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

version 3.1