BREW-NUMPY-CVE-2014-1859 (PYSEC-2018-34)
Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 17:19 – Updated: 2026-09-10 00:39 – Source website
VLAI
Details
(1) core/tests/test_memmap.py, (2) core/tests/test_multiarray.py, (3) f2py/f2py2e.py, and (4) lib/tests/test_io.py in NumPy before 1.8.1 allow local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
References
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},
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"key": "pkg:pypi/numpy@2.5.3",
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"details": "(1) core/tests/test_memmap.py, (2) core/tests/test_multiarray.py, (3) f2py/f2py2e.py, and (4) lib/tests/test_io.py in NumPy before 1.8.1 allow local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.",
"id": "BREW-numpy-CVE-2014-1859",
"modified": "2026-09-10T00:39:06Z",
"published": "2026-08-13T17:19:20Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/4262"
},
{
"type": "FIX",
"url": "https://github.com/numpy/numpy/commit/0bb46c1448b0d3f5453d5182a17ea7ac5854ee15"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/numpy/numpy/blob/maintenance/1.8.x/doc/release/1.8.1-notes.rst"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91317"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062009"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737778"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65440"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/08/3"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128781.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128358.html"
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"type": "ADVISORY",
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}
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