CVE-2023-6597

Publication date 19 March 2024

Last updated 30 May 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Mitigation

allenpthuang> https://bugs.python.org/issue26660

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
python2.7 25.04 plucky Not in release
24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
python3.10 25.04 plucky Not in release
24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 3.10.12-1~22.04.4
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
python3.11 25.04 plucky Not in release
24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic
Fixed 3.11.6-3ubuntu0.1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 3.11.0~rc1-1~22.04.1~esm1
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
python3.12 25.04 plucky Not in release
24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Fixed 3.12.0-1ubuntu0.1
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
python3.4 25.04 plucky Not in release
24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty
Needs evaluation
python3.5 25.04 plucky Not in release
24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.13+esm13
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
python3.6 25.04 plucky Not in release
24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
python3.7 25.04 plucky Not in release
24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 3.7.5-2ubuntu1~18.04.2+esm3
python3.8 25.04 plucky Not in release
24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 3.8.10-0ubuntu1~20.04.10
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 3.8.0-3ubuntu1~18.04.2+esm2
python3.9 25.04 plucky Not in release
24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 3.9.5-3ubuntu0~20.04.1+esm2

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Notes

allenpthuang

this was introduced in https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/10320/commits/dcd67c568a477ddf7524e373ac266d2f087e5665

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
python3.12

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N