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PYSEC-2018-34

Quick fix

PYSEC-2018-34 — numpy: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

pip install --upgrade 'numpy>=0bb46c1448b0d3f5453d5182a17ea7ac5854ee15'

Details

(1) core/tests/test_memmap.py, (2) core/tests/test_multiarray.py, (3) f2py/f2py2e.py, and (4) lib/tests/test_io.py in NumPy before 1.8.1 allow local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

Are you affected?

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Affected packages

PyPI/numpy

Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 0bb46c1448b0d3f5453d5182a17ea7ac5854ee15

Fixpip install --upgrade 'numpy>=0bb46c1448b0d3f5453d5182a17ea7ac5854ee15'

References

https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/4262[WEB]
https://github.com/numpy/numpy/commit/0bb46c1448b0d3f5453d5182a17ea7ac5854ee15[FIX]
https://github.com/numpy/numpy/blob/maintenance/1.8.x/doc/release/1.8.1-notes.rst[WEB]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91317[WEB]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062009[REPORT]
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737778[WEB]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65440[WEB]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/08/3[WEB]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128781.html[WEB]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128358.html[WEB]
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2fc2-6r4j-p65h[ADVISORY]