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GLSA-201206-17 : virtualenv: Insecure temporary file usage

low Nessus Plugin ID 59670

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201206-17 (virtualenv: Insecure temporary file usage)

 The virtualenv.py script in virtualenv does not handle temporary files securely.
 Impact :

 A local attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the application.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All virtualenv users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-python/virtualenv-1.5.1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201206-17

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 59670

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201206-17.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Published: 6/25/2012

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.2

Temporal Score: 0.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:virtualenv, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/22/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4617

BID: 51120

GLSA: 201206-17