CVE-2011-4617

Advisory

virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.

Affected package

Affected versions

Fixed versions

Vulnerability changelog

virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.

Resources

• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-4617
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/5
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/2
• https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/changeset/8be37c509fe5
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/4
• http://secunia.com/advisories/47240
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071643.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071638.html