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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

National Vulnerability Database
  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2014-8991 Detail

Description

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.


Metrics

 
NVD enrichment efforts reference publicly available information to associate vector strings. CVSS information contributed by other sources is also displayed.
CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  2.1 LOW
Vector:  (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/19/17 CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/20/6 CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71209 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725847 CVE, MITRE Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/2122 CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo Insufficient Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:pypa:pip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s) 		From (including)
1.3		Up to (including)
1.5.6

Configuration 2 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)

Denotes Vulnerable Software
Are we missing a CPE here? Please let us know.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-8991
NVD Published Date:
11/24/2014
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
MITRE