CVE-2023-6597

Name
CVE-2023-6597
Description
An issue was found in the CPython `tempfile.TemporaryDirectory` class affecting versions 3.12.1, 3.11.7, 3.10.13, 3.9.18, and 3.8.18 and prior. The tempfile.TemporaryDirectory class would dereference symlinks during cleanup of permissions-related errors. This means users which can run privileged programs are potentially able to modify permissions of files referenced by symlinks in some circumstances.
NVD Severity
medium
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
patch https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/02a9259c717738dfe6b463c44d7e17f2b6d2cb3a
patch https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/5585334d772b253a01a6730e8202ffb1607c3d25
patch https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/6ceb8aeda504b079fef7a57b8d81472f15cdd9a5
patch https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/81c16cd94ec38d61aa478b9a452436dc3b1b524d
patch https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/8eaeefe49d179ca4908d052745e3bb8b6f238f82
patch https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d54e22a669ae6e987199bb5d2c69bb5a46b0083b
issue-tracking https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/91133
vendor-advisory https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/Q5C6ATFC67K53XFV4KE45325S7NS62LD/
cna@python.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00025.html
cna@python.org http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/20/5
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T3IGRX54M7RNCQOXVQO5KQKTGWCOABIM/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U5VHWS52HGD743C47UMCSAK2A773M2YE/

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpython >= 0 < 3.8.19
cpython >= 3.9.0 < 3.9.19
cpython >= 3.10.0 < 3.10.14
cpython >= 3.11.0 < 3.11.8
cpython >= 3.12.0 < 3.12.1
cpython >= 3.13.0a1 < 3.13.0a3

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status