PyPi: Pyro

CVE-2011-2765

Safety vulnerability ID: 36385

This vulnerability was reviewed by experts

The information on this page was manually curated by our Cybersecurity Intelligence Team.

Created at Aug 20, 2018 Updated at Mar 29, 2024

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Advisory

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.

Affected package

pyro

Latest version: 3.16

distributed object middleware for Python (IPC/RPC), version 3.x

Affected versions

Fixed versions

Vulnerability changelog

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.

CONFIRM:https://bugs.debian.org/631912: https://bugs.debian.org/631912
CONFIRM:https://github.com/irmen/Pyro3/commit/554e095a62c4412c91f981e72fd34a936ac2bf1e: https://github.com/irmen/Pyro3/commit/554e095a62c4412c91f981e72fd34a936ac2bf1e
CONFIRM:https://pythonhosted.org/Pyro/12-changes.html: https://pythonhosted.org/Pyro/12-changes.html

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Severity Details

CVSS Base Score

HIGH 7.5

CVSS v3 Details

HIGH 7.5

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

CVSS v2 Details

MEDIUM 5.0

Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (Au): NONE
Confidentiality Impact (C): NONE
Integrity Impact (I): PARTIAL
Availability Impact (A): NONE