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CVE-2011-4944

CVE-2011-4944

EPSS 0.4%
Python 2.6 through 3.2 creates ~/.pypirc with world-readable permissions before changing them after data has been written, which introduces a race condition that allows local users to obtain a username and password by reading this file.
Affected products
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References
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=650555http://bugs.python.org/file23824/pypirc-secure.diffhttp://bugs.python.org/issue13512http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00040.htmlhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=758905http://secunia.com/advisories/50858http://secunia.com/advisories/51024http://secunia.com/advisories/51040http://secunia.com/advisories/51087http://secunia.com/advisories/51089http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/27/10