CVE-2011-4617: Virtualenv Allows Symlink Attack on /tmp/
(updated )
virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.
References
- bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/changeset/8be37c509fe5
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-3jhc-wjqf-5f2c
- github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/virtualenv/PYSEC-2011-23.yaml
- github.com/pypa/virtualenv
- github.com/pypa/virtualenv/commit/68075ad9ededf7df2c46d385f836c13b729de2ca
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4617
- web.archive.org/web/20200228151935/https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/commits/8be37c509fe5
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