CVE-2014-1402

Advisory

Jinja2 2.7.2 includes a fix for CVE-2014-1402: The default configuration for bccache.FileSystemBytecodeCache in Jinja2 before 2.7.2 does not properly create temporary files, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted .cache file with a name starting with __jinja2_ in /tmp.

Affected package

Affected versions

Fixed versions

Vulnerability changelog

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(bugfix release, released on June 6th 2014)

- Security issue: Corrected the security fix for the cache folder. This
fix was provided by RedHat.

Resources

• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-1402
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=734747
• http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0028.html
• http://jinja.pocoo.org/docs/changelog/
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/10/3
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1051421
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:096
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/10/2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59017
• http://secunia.com/advisories/58918
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60770
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60738
• http://secunia.com/advisories/56287
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201408-13.xml
• https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2014-June/004192.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/58783
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0748.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0747.html