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CVE-2023-6597

Date: March 19, 2024

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.

Language: Python

Severity Score

7.8

Related Resources (19)

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-6597

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00000.html

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U5VHWS52HGD743C47UMCSAK2A773M2YE/

Url: https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/81c16cd94ec38d61aa478b9a452436dc3b1b524d

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

Url: https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/6ceb8aeda504b079fef7a57b8d81472f15cdd9a5

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00005.html

Url: https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/02a9259c717738dfe6b463c44d7e17f2b6d2cb3a

Url: https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d54e22a669ae6e987199bb5d2c69bb5a46b0083b

Url: https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1219666

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T3IGRX54M7RNCQOXVQO5KQKTGWCOABIM/

Url: https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/91133

Url: https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/Q5C6ATFC67K53XFV4KE45325S7NS62LD/

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6597

Url: https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/5585334d772b253a01a6730e8202ffb1607c3d25

Url: https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/8eaeefe49d179ca4908d052745e3bb8b6f238f82

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

Url: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-6597

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2023-6597

Severity Score

7.8

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.8
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	CHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	NONE

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CVE-2023-6597

Date: March 19, 2024

Language: Python

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