CVE-2014-8991

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Published 2022-05-13 · Modified 2023-11-08

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CVSS v3

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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

2.1

Description

pip 1.3 through 1.5.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (prevention of package installation) by creating a /tmp/pip-build-* file for another user.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`1.5.6-4`
sid	Fixed	`1.5.6-4`
forky	Fixed	`1.5.6-4`
bullseye	Fixed	`1.5.6-4`
bookworm	Fixed	`1.5.6-4`

Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
PyPI	pip	`>=1.3,<6.0`	`6.0`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
pypa	pip	`{"startIncluding":"1.3","endIncluding":"1.5.6"}`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.