pip before 1.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in the /tmp/pip-build temporary directory.
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1888
- https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/725
- https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/734/files
- https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/780/files
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105952.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105989.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106311.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/22/10
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4gv5-qhvr-36vv