Vulnerability in Oracle Solaris
CVE-2014-8991
pip 1.3 through 1.5.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (prevention of package installation) by creating a /tmp/pip-build-* file for another user.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (31.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 31.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Oracle Solaris — versions 11.2
- Pypa Pip
References
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/19/17 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html (Third Party Advisory)
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/71209 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/20/6 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/pypa/pip/pull/2122 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)