SciPy up to 0.12.0 scipy.weave /tmp privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in SciPy up to 0.12.0. This affects an unknown part of the file /tmp of the component scipy.weave. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2013-4251. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in SciPy up to 0.12.0. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the file /tmp of the component scipy.weave. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The scipy.weave component in SciPy before 0.12.1 creates insecure temporary directories.

The bug was discovered 10/11/2013. The weakness was shared 11/04/2019 by Florian Weimer with Red Hat. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-4251 since 06/12/2013. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 70817 (Fedora 20 : scipy-0.12.1-1.fc20 (2013-19101)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 350502 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for scipy: ALAS-2013-242).

Upgrading to version 0.12.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (70817), SecurityFocus (BID 63008†) and OSVDB (98448†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 70817
Nessus Name: Fedora 20 : scipy-0.12.1-1.fc20 (2013-19101)
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OpenVAS ID: 14611
OpenVAS Name: Amazon Linux Local Check: ALAS-2013-242
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: SciPy 0.12.1
Patch: github.com

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06/12/2013 🔍
10/10/2013 +120 days 🔍
10/11/2013 +1 days 🔍
10/15/2013 +4 days 🔍
11/11/2013 +27 days 🔍
11/04/2019 +2184 days 🔍
11/05/2019 +1 days 🔍
12/25/2024 +1877 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: bd296e0336420b840fcd2faabb97084fd252a973
Researcher: Florian Weimer
Organization: Red Hat
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2013-4251 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-4251
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-144839
X-Force: 88052
SecurityFocus: 63008 - SciPy 'scipy.weave' Insecure Temporary Directory Creation Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
OSVDB: 98448

Entryinfo

Created: 11/05/2019 10:35
Updated: 12/25/2024 18:18
Changes: 11/05/2019 10:35 (44), 11/05/2019 10:40 (31), 02/04/2024 07:54 (7), 12/25/2024 18:18 (18)
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