CVE-2011-4944

Public on 2012-07-05
Modified on 2014-09-14
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.

Severity
Low
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CVSS v3 Base Score
1.2
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 python26 2012-07-05 16:16 ALAS-2012-98

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 1.2 AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
NVD CVSSv2 1.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N