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CVE-2014-8991

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.

Published

2014-11-24T15:59:15.640

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 2.1 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	pypa	pip	≤ 1.5.6	Yes
Operating System	oracle	solaris	11.2	Yes

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/19/17 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/20/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71209 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725847 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/2122 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/19/17 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/20/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71209 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725847 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/2122 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)