CVE-2014-8991
N/A
Published: November 24, 2014 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:17 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsSolarisPip
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (6)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/19/17Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/20/6x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71209x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725847x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/2122Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo
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