CVE-2014-8991

Related Vulnerabilities: 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.

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2014-8991 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 2.1
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux python33-python-virtualenv Will not fix
Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux python27-python-virtualenv Will not fix
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 python27-python-pip Will not fix
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 python-virtualenv Will not fix
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 1 python-virtualenv Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 python-virtualenv Will not fix