CVE-2014-1604

Advisory

The parser cache functionality in parsergenerator.py in RPLY (aka python-rply) before 0.7.1 allows local users to spoof cache data by pre-creating a temporary rply-*.json file with a predictable name.

Affected package

Affected versions

Fixed versions

Vulnerability changelog

The parser cache functionality in parsergenerator.py in RPLY (aka python-rply) before 0.7.1 allows local users to spoof cache data by pre-creating a temporary rply-*.json file with a predictable name.


MLIST:[oss-security] 20140114 Fwd: [Python-modules-team] Bug#735263: python-rply: insecure use of /tmp: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/17/8
MLIST:[oss-security] 20140117 Re: Fwd: [Python-modules-team] Bug#735263: python-rply: insecure use of /tmp: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/18/4
CONFIRM:http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=735263: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=735263
CONFIRM:https://github.com/alex/rply/commit/fc9bbcd25b0b4f09bbd6339f710ad24c129d5d7c: https://github.com/alex/rply/commit/fc9bbcd25b0b4f09bbd6339f710ad24c129d5d7c
OSVDB:102202: http://www.osvdb.org/102202
SECUNIA:56429: http://secunia.com/advisories/56429
XF:rply-cve20141604-insecure-permissions(90593): https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90593

Resources

• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-1604
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/17/8
• http://www.osvdb.org/102202
• https://github.com/alex/rply/commit/fc9bbcd25b0b4f09bbd6339f710ad24c129d5d7c
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=735263
• http://secunia.com/advisories/56429
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/18/4
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90593