Vulnerability CVE-2014-8991

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2014-8991 (CCN-98862)

Assigned:

2014-11-21

Published:

2014-11-21

Updated:

2021-03-15

Summary:

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.

CVSS v3 Severity:

4.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Low

CVSS v2 Severity:

2.1 Low (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
1.6 Low (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Partial

2.1 Low (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
1.6 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Partial

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-noinfo

Vulnerability Consequences:

Denial of Service

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2014-8991

Source: CCN
Type: IBM Security Bulletin T1022786
Vulnerabilities in Python affect PowerKVM (CVE-2013-5123, CVE-2014-8991)

Source: MLIST
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[oss-security] 20141117 Requesting a CVE for pip - Local DoS with predictable temp directory names

Source: MLIST
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[oss-security] 20141120 Re: Requesting a CVE for pip - Local DoS with predictable temp directory names

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html

Source: BID
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
71209

Source: CCN
Type: BID-71209
Python pip CVE-2014-8991 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725847

Source: CCN
Type: Red Hat Bugzilla Bug 1166137
(CVE-2014-8991) CVE-2014-8991 python-pip: local DoS vulnerability

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
pip-cve20148991-dos(98862)

Source: CCN
Type: pip GIT Repository
Use a secure randomized build directory when possible

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/2122

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2014-8991

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:pypa:pip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 1.3 and <= 1.5.6)

Configuration 2:

cpe:/o:oracle:solaris:11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/a:python:pip:1.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

AND

cpe:/a:ibm:powerkvm:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20148991	V	CVE-2014-8991	2023-06-22
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:7778	P	python3-pip-20.0.2-150400.20.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2023-06-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:549	P	Security update for 389-ds (Important)	2022-07-06
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:3175	P	libgcab-1_0-0-0.6-1.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-06-28
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:94805	P	python3-pip-20.0.2-150400.15.6 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-06-22
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:288	P	python3-pip-20.0.2-6.12.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-06-13
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:254	P	p7zip-16.02-14.2.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-06-13
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:874	P	Security update for python39 (Moderate)	2022-05-02
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:962	P	Security update for vim (Important)	2022-03-04
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:113227	P	python2-pip-20.0.2-2.6 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-01-17
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:113281	P	python36-pip-20.2.4-1.8 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-01-17
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:113215	P	python-pip-8.1.2-1.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-01-17
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:69966	P	Security update for xen (Moderate)	2021-12-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:64604	P	Security update for busybox (Important)	2021-10-27
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:106645	P	python2-pip-20.0.2-2.6 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-10-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:106693	P	python36-pip-20.2.4-1.8 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-10-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:106633	P	python-pip-8.1.2-1.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-10-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1483	P	Security update for gd (Moderate)	2021-09-27
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:71149	P	bind-devel-9.11.2-12.8.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-09-21
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:96758	P	python3-pip-10.0.1-1.9 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-09-21
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:71278	P	liblzo2-2-2.10-2.22 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-09-21
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:71391	P	rzsz-0.12.21~rc-1.8 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-09-21
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:103448	P	python3-pip-10.0.1-1.9 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-09-21
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:89793	P	python3-pip-10.0.1-1.9 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-09-21
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:71379	P	python3-pip-10.0.1-1.9 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-09-21
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:61638	P	python3-pip-10.0.1-1.9 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-09-21
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:67796	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 25 for SLE 15) (Important)	2021-09-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1217	P	Security update for openssl-1_0_0 (Low)	2021-09-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:68038	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 23 for SLE 15 SP1) (Important)	2021-08-17
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47206	P	apache2-mod_nss-1.0.14-18.3 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48069	P	libSDL-1_2-0-1.2.15-15.11.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47476	P	procmail-3.22-267.12 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47812	P	libxcb-dri2-0-1.10-4.3.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47085	P	libtcnative-1-0-1.1.32-9.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48003	P	evince-3.20.2-6.27.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47985	P	curl-7.60.0-9.8 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47328	P	libXxf86vm1-1.1.3-3.53 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47619	P	giflib-progs-5.0.5-12.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47071	P	libraptor2-0-2.0.10-3.63 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47932	P	yast2-users-3.2.17-1.5 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47771	P	libpulse-mainloop-glib0-32bit-5.0-4.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47236	P	cyrus-sasl-2.1.26-7.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47498	P	sane-backends-1.0.24-3.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48298	P	rsyslog-8.24.0-3.28.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47070	P	libqt4-32bit-4.8.6-7.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47901	P	tar-1.27.1-15.3.7 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47623	P	gnome-keyring-3.20.0-28.3.18 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47104	P	mailx-12.5-28.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47484	P	python-pywbem-0.7.0-4.3 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48227	P	libxml2-2-2.9.4-46.20.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47836	P	openvpn-2.3.8-16.20.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48184	P	libqt4-32bit-4.8.7-8.8.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47531	P	xf86-video-intel-2.99.917.770_gcb6ba2da-1.23 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:46911	P	cpp48-4.8.5-30.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47483	P	python-pyOpenSSL-16.0.0-2.3.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48196	P	libspice-client-glib-2_0-8-0.33-3.6.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47774	P	libqpdf18-7.1.1-3.3.4 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48036	P	guestfs-data-1.32.4-21.3.10 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47399	P	libpulse-mainloop-glib0-32bit-5.0-4.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48131	P	libjavascriptcoregtk-3_0-0-2.4.11-23.20 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47690	P	libXxf86vm1-1.1.3-3.53 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47944	P	alsa-1.0.27.2-15.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:72047	P	python3-pip-20.0.2-6.12.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:62306	P	python3-pip-20.0.2-6.12.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:101064	P	python3-pip-20.0.2-6.12.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:71036	P	libudisks2-0-2.6.5-1.47 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:46776	P	libtag1-1.9.1-1.265 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48609	P	python-pywbem-0.7.0-4.3 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48695	P	libssh4-0.6.3-1.4 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:46775	P	libssh2-1-1.4.3-11.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48544	P	libqt4-4.8.6-7.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48482	P	libarchive13-3.1.2-22.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48641	P	vino-3.20.2-5.8 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:71084	P	python2-pip-10.0.1-1.9 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48398	P	cyrus-sasl-2.1.26-7.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:61343	P	python2-pip-10.0.1-1.9 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48936	P	libofx-0.9.9-3.7.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48711	P	bash-lang-4.2-75.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:46790	P	logrotate-3.8.7-3.21 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48640	P	update-alternatives-1.18.4-14.216 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:69861	P	Security update for libX11 (Important)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:64691	P	Security update for fribidi (Important)	2021-05-19
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:100643	P	(Important)	2021-02-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:64449	P	Security update for clamav (Moderate)	2020-12-14
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:67938	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 16 for SLE 15 SP1) (Important)	2020-12-07
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:61963	P	python3-pip-10.0.1-1.9 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48990	P	gnome-online-accounts-3.20.8-10.4.50 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:107309	P	python3-pip-10.0.1-1.9 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:116867	P	python3-pip-10.0.1-1.9 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:93930	P	python3-pip-10.0.1-1.9 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:71704	P	python3-pip-10.0.1-1.9 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:66518	P	libpython2_7-1_0 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:49870	P	python2-numpy-gnu-hpc on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:67696	P	libminizip1 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:64362	P	libopus0 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:73183	P	libmpg123-0 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:49315	P	python3-pip on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:66610	P	python3-pip on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:73301	P	python3-pip on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:49924	P	python2-pip on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:49261	P	libxcb-composite0 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201489910000000	V	CVE-2014-8991 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.	2014-11-24
oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20148991000	V	CVE-2014-8991 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - low.	2014-11-24
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20148991000	V	CVE-2014-8991 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.	2014-11-24
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20148991000	V	CVE-2014-8991 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - low.	2014-11-24
oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20148991000	V	CVE-2014-8991 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - low.	2014-11-24
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201489910000000	V	CVE-2014-8991 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - low.	2014-11-24
oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20148991000	V	CVE-2014-8991 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - low.	2014-11-24

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