The default configuration for bccache.FileSystemBytecodeCache in Jinja2 before 2.7.2 does not properly create temporary files, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted .cache file with a name starting with __jinja2_ in /tmp.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2014-1402 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| Base Score | 4.4 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | RHSA-2014:0748 | 2014-06-11 |
| Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | RHSA-2014:0748 | 2014-06-11 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (python-jinja2) | RHSA-2014:0747 | 2014-06-11 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0 | python-jinja2-26 | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | python-jinja2 | Not affected |
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