VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2011-4944

low
Published 2012-08-27 · Modified 2026-04-29
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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
1.9

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact
suse SUSE Affected 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
— Affected —
debian Debian Fixed 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
bullseye Fixed 2.7.3~rc2-2

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
python pythonpython2.6.1
python pythonpython2.6.2
python pythonpython2.6.3
python pythonpython2.6.4
python pythonpython2.6.5
python pythonpython2.6.6
python pythonpython2.6.7
python pythonpython2.6.8
python pythonpython2.6.2150
python pythonpython2.6.6150
python pythonpython2.7.1
python pythonpython2.7.2
python pythonpython2.7.3
python pythonpython2.7.1150
python pythonpython2.7.2150
python pythonpython3.0
python pythonpython3.0.1
python pythonpython3.1
python pythonpython3.1.1
python pythonpython3.1.2
python pythonpython3.1.3
python pythonpython3.1.4
python pythonpython3.1.5
python pythonpython3.1.2150
python pythonpython3.2

References

CWEs

CWE-264

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