CVE - CVE-2023-6597

CVE-ID
CVE-2023-6597	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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MISC:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/20/5 URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/20/5 MISC:https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/02a9259c717738dfe6b463c44d7e17f2b6d2cb3a URL:https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/02a9259c717738dfe6b463c44d7e17f2b6d2cb3a MISC:https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/5585334d772b253a01a6730e8202ffb1607c3d25 URL:https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/5585334d772b253a01a6730e8202ffb1607c3d25 MISC:https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/6ceb8aeda504b079fef7a57b8d81472f15cdd9a5 URL:https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/6ceb8aeda504b079fef7a57b8d81472f15cdd9a5 MISC:https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/81c16cd94ec38d61aa478b9a452436dc3b1b524d URL:https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/81c16cd94ec38d61aa478b9a452436dc3b1b524d MISC:https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/8eaeefe49d179ca4908d052745e3bb8b6f238f82 URL:https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/8eaeefe49d179ca4908d052745e3bb8b6f238f82 MISC:https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d54e22a669ae6e987199bb5d2c69bb5a46b0083b URL:https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d54e22a669ae6e987199bb5d2c69bb5a46b0083b MISC:https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/91133 URL:https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/91133 MISC:https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00025.html URL:https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00025.html MISC:https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T3IGRX54M7RNCQOXVQO5KQKTGWCOABIM/ URL:https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T3IGRX54M7RNCQOXVQO5KQKTGWCOABIM/ MISC:https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U5VHWS52HGD743C47UMCSAK2A773M2YE/ URL:https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U5VHWS52HGD743C47UMCSAK2A773M2YE/ MISC:https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/Q5C6ATFC67K53XFV4KE45325S7NS62LD/ URL:https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/Q5C6ATFC67K53XFV4KE45325S7NS62LD/
Assigning CNA
Python Software Foundation
Date Record Created
20231207	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20231207)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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