CVEvulnerability

CVE-2011-4944

1.9 LOW Published 2012-08-27 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2012-08-27
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
1.9 LOW — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-264

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.

Affected configurations

• python python 2.6.1 • python python 2.6.2 • python python 2.6.3 • python python 2.6.4 • python python 2.6.5 • python python 2.6.6 • python python 2.6.7 • python python 2.6.8 • python python 2.6.2150 • python python 2.6.6150 • python python 2.7.1 • python python 2.7.2 • python python 2.7.3 • python python 2.7.1150 • python python 2.7.2150 • python python 3.0 • python python 3.0.1 • python python 3.1 • python python 3.1.1 • python python 3.1.2 • python python 3.1.3 • python python 3.1.4 • python python 3.1.5 • python python 3.1.2150 • python python 3.2

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

References