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CVE-2011-4617 (GCVE-0-2011-4617)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-12-31 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 00:09
VLAI
Summary
virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/47240 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/changeset/8… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
Date Public
2011-12-19 00:00
Show details on NVD website

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