Description
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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1615-1 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51087 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/27/2 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1592-1 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/27/5 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=758905 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1616-1 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51040 ↗
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=650555 ↗
- http://bugs.python.org/file23824/pypirc-secure.diff ↗
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50858 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51089 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/27/10 ↗
- http://bugs.python.org/issue13512 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1596-1 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51024 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-1 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00040.html ↗