CVE-2011-4617
First published: Sat Dec 31 2011(Updated: )
virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Python Virtualenv | =1.3.4 | |
| Python Virtualenv | <=1.4.9 | |
| Python Virtualenv | =1.4.3 | |
| Python Virtualenv | =0.9.1 | |
| Python Virtualenv | =1.2 | |
| Python Virtualenv | =0.8.3 | |
| Python Virtualenv | =0.8.1 | |
| Python Virtualenv | =0.8.4 | |
| Python Virtualenv | =1.3.2 | |
| Python Virtualenv | =1.3.3 | |
| Python Virtualenv | =0.8.2 | |
| Python Virtualenv | =1.4.6 | |
| Python Virtualenv | =1.4.2 | |
| Python Virtualenv | =1.4.5 | |
| Python Virtualenv | =1.4.4 | |
| Python Virtualenv | =0.9 | |
| Python Virtualenv | =1.1 | |
| Python Virtualenv | =0.9.2 | |
| Python Virtualenv | =1.4.8 | |
| Python Virtualenv | =1.1.1 | |
| Python Virtualenv | =1.4.7 | |
| Python Virtualenv | =1.4 | |
| Python Virtualenv | =1.3.1 | |
| Python Virtualenv | =1.3 | |
| Python Virtualenv | =1.4.1 | |
| Python Virtualenv | =1.0 | |
| Python Virtualenv | =0.8 | |
| pip/virtualenv | <1.5 | 1.5 |
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Reference Links
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/5
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/2
- https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/changeset/8be37c509fe5
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/4
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47240
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071643.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071638.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4617
- https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/commit/68075ad9ededf7df2c46d385f836c13b729de2ca
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200228151935/https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/commits/8be37c509fe5
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3jhc-wjqf-5f2c (Advisory)
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/virtualenv/PYSEC-2011-23.yaml
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