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CVE-2023-6597

Public on 2024-03-19
Modified on 2024-03-28
Description

An issue was found in the CPython `tempfile.TemporaryDirectory` class affecting versions 3.12.2, 3.11.8, 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.

Severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
7.8
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Core python3 2024-05-09 19:16 ALAS2-2024-2541
Amazon Linux 2023 python3.11 2024-05-09 17:16 ALAS2023-2024-617
Amazon Linux 2023 python3.9 2024-05-09 17:16 ALAS2023-2024-616
Amazon Linux 1 python38 2024-05-09 17:43 ALAS-2024-1936
Amazon Linux 2 - Python3.8 Extra python38 2024-05-23 23:02 ALAS2PYTHON3.8-2024-011

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD CVSSv3 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N