CVE-2013-1888

LowCVSS 2.1/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 2.1/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-59

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105952.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105989.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106311.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/22/10Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/725Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/734/filesPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/780/filesPatch, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105952.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105989.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106311.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/22/10Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/725Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/734/filesPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/780/filesPatch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Aug 17, 2013
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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