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CVE-2023-6597
Summary

An issue was found in the CPython `tempfile.TemporaryDirectory` class affecting versions 3.12.1, 3.11.7, 3.10.13, 3.9.18, and 3.8.18 and prior.

The tempfile.TemporaryDirectory class would dereference symlinks during cleanup of permissions-related errors. This means users which can run privileged programs are potentially able to modify permissions of files referenced by symlinks in some circumstances.

Publication Date March 20, 2024, 1:15 a.m.
Registration Date March 20, 2024, 10 a.m.
Last Update Nov. 21, 2024, 5:44 p.m.
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