CVE-2023-6597

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.

Reserved 2023-12-07 | Published 2024-03-19 | Updated 2024-11-05 | Assigner PSF

Product status

Default status
unaffected

Any version before 3.8.19
affected

3.9.0 before 3.9.19
affected

3.10.0 before 3.10.14
affected

3.11.0 before 3.11.8
affected

3.12.0 before 3.12.1
affected

3.13.0a1 before 3.13.0a3
affected

References

github.com/...ommit/81c16cd94ec38d61aa478b9a452436dc3b1b524d patch

github.com/...ommit/6ceb8aeda504b079fef7a57b8d81472f15cdd9a5 patch

github.com/...ommit/5585334d772b253a01a6730e8202ffb1607c3d25 patch

github.com/...ommit/8eaeefe49d179ca4908d052745e3bb8b6f238f82 patch

github.com/...ommit/d54e22a669ae6e987199bb5d2c69bb5a46b0083b patch

github.com/...ommit/02a9259c717738dfe6b463c44d7e17f2b6d2cb3a patch

github.com/python/cpython/issues/91133 issue-tracking

mail.python.org/.../thread/Q5C6ATFC67K53XFV4KE45325S7NS62LD/ vendor-advisory

lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00025.html

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/20/5

lists.fedoraproject.org/...T3IGRX54M7RNCQOXVQO5KQKTGWCOABIM/

lists.fedoraproject.org/...U5VHWS52HGD743C47UMCSAK2A773M2YE/

cve.org (CVE-2023-6597)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2023-6597)

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