init.py in f2py in NumPy before 1.8.1 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1858
- https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/4262
- https://github.com/numpy/numpy/commit/0bb46c1448b0d3f5453d5182a17ea7ac5854ee15
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737778
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062009
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91318
- https://github.com/numpy/numpy/blob/maintenance/1.8.x/doc/release/1.8.1-notes.rst
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128358.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128781.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/08/3
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cw6w-4rcx-xphc