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CVE-2014-1624

Published: Jan 28, 2014

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

Race condition in the xdg.BaseDirectory.get_runtime_dir function in python-xdg 0.25 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by pre-creating /tmp/pyxdg-runtime-dir-fallback-victim to point to a victim-owned location, then replacing it with a symlink to an attacker-controlled location once the get_runtime_dir function is called.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

[oss-security] 20140121 Re: Fwd: [Python-modules-team] Bug#736247: python-xdg: get_runtime_dir(strict=False): insecure use of /tmp

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http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736247

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pythonxdg-cve20141624-symlink(90618)

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[oss-security] 20140121 Fwd: [Python-modules-team] Bug#736247: python-xdg: get_runtime_dir(strict=False): insecure use of /tmp

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