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Re: [oss-security] CVE request: distutils creates ~/.pypirc insecurely
From: Kurt Seifried <kseifried_at_nospam>Date: Tue Mar 27 2012 - 18:46:48 GMT
To: Vincent Danen <vdanen@redhat.com>
On 03/27/2012 10:19 AM, Vincent Danen wrote:
> * [2012-03-27 09:59:46 -0600] Kurt Seifried wrote:
>
>> On 03/27/2012 08:15 AM, Vincent Danen wrote:
>>> Standard flaw where a file that contains a username and password is
>>> written with insecure permissions. This only affects python 2.6 and
>>> higher.
>>>
>>> Could a CVE name be assigned to this flaw? I don't think one has been
>>> already.
>>>
>>> References:
>>>
>>> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=650555
>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=758905
>>> http://bugs.python.org/issue13512
>>> http://bugs.python.org/file23824/pypirc-secure.diff
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>
>> Please use CVE-2012-1587 for this issue.
>
> Sorry, I probably should have been more explicit on when it was reported
> (this is an older flaw). It was reported (and public) in 2011.
>
My bad, please reject CVE-2012-1587.
Please use CVE-2011-4944 for this issue, it has the correct year.
-- Kurt Seifried Red Hat Security Response Team (SRT)