Link Following Affecting python-defaults package, versions *


low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.04% (6th percentile)
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NVD
8.4 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-PYTHONDEFAULTS-269277
  • published 18 Sep 2008
  • disclosed 18 Sep 2008

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:9 python-defaults.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python-defaults package and not the python-defaults package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Tools/faqwiz/move-faqwiz.sh (aka the generic FAQ wizard moving tool) in Python 2.4.5 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a tmp$RANDOM.tmp temporary file. NOTE: there may not be common usage scenarios in which tmp$RANDOM.tmp is located in an untrusted directory.