PSF-2012-2

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    PSF-2012-2

    Published: 27 Aug 2012Last Modified: 9 Oct 2025
    Aliases:
    CVE-2011-4944

    Summary: pypirc created insecurely

    Details: 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.

    References: https://bugs.python.org/issue13512

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -d61926e6bef6c4d8105a2848362377dce91d7fc8

    Affected versions

    v0.9.8
    v0.9.9

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High