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CVE-2011-2765

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Date: August 20, 2018

pyro before 3.15 unsafely handles pid files in temporary directory locations and opening the pid file as root. An attacker can use this flaw to overwrite arbitrary files via symlinks.

Language: Python

Severity Score

7.5

Related Resources (5)

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2765

Url: https://github.com/irmen/Pyro3/commit/554e095a62c4412c91f981e72fd34a936ac2bf1e

Url: https://pythonhosted.org/Pyro/12-changes.html

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2765

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2011-2765

Severity Score

7.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Link Following

CWE-59

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version 3.15

CVSS v3

Base Score:	7.5
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	NONE
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