CVE-2023-6597
HIGH7.8EPSS 0.08%python3.7 - security update
Published: 3/19/2024Modified: 11/19/2025
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2023-6597
Description
An issue was found in the CPython `tempfile.TemporaryDirectory` class affecting versions 3.12.1, 3.11.7, 3.10.13, 3.9.18, and 3.8.18 and prior. The tempfile.TemporaryDirectory class would dereference symlinks during cleanup of permissions-related errors. This means users which can run privileged programs are potentially able to modify permissions of files referenced by symlinks in some circumstances.
Affected packages (8)
- Alpine/python3from 0, < 3.10.14-r0
- Bitnami/libpythonfrom 0, < 3.8.19, >= 3.9.0, < 3.9.19, >= 3.10.0, < 3.10.14, >= 3.11.0, < 3.11.8, >= 3.12.0, < 3.12.1
- Bitnami/pythonfrom 0, < 3.8.19, >= 3.9.0, < 3.9.19, >= 3.10.0, < 3.10.14, >= 3.11.0, < 3.11.8, >= 3.12.0, < 3.12.1
- Bitnami/python-minfrom 0, < 3.8.19, >= 3.9.0, < 3.9.19, >= 3.10.0, < 3.10.14, >= 3.11.0, < 3.11.8, >= 3.12.0, < 3.12.1
- Debian/pypy3from 0, < 7.3.5+dfsg-2+deb11u3
- Debian/python3.11from 0, < 3.11.2-6+deb12u2
- Debian/python3.7from 0, < 3.7.3-2+deb10u7
- Debian/python3.9from 0, < 3.9.2-1+deb11u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N |
References (17)
- ADVISORYhttps://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-6597
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-6597
- WEBhttps://github.com/python/cpython/commit/02a9259c717738dfe6b463c44d7e17f2b6d2cb3a
- WEBhttps://github.com/python/cpython/commit/5585334d772b253a01a6730e8202ffb1607c3d25
- WEBhttps://github.com/python/cpython/commit/6ceb8aeda504b079fef7a57b8d81472f15cdd9a5
- WEBhttps://github.com/python/cpython/commit/81c16cd94ec38d61aa478b9a452436dc3b1b524d
- WEBhttps://github.com/python/cpython/commit/8eaeefe49d179ca4908d052745e3bb8b6f238f82
- WEBhttps://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d54e22a669ae6e987199bb5d2c69bb5a46b0083b
- WEBhttps://github.com/python/cpython/issues/91133
- WEBhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00025.html
- WEBhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00005.html
- WEBhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00000.html
- WEBhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/T3IGRX54M7RNCQOXVQO5KQKTGWCOABIM/
- WEBhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/U5VHWS52HGD743C47UMCSAK2A773M2YE/
- WEBhttps://mail.python.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/Q5C6ATFC67K53XFV4KE45325S7NS62LD/
- WEBhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6597
- WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/20/5