{"answers":{"affected":"3 open source packages ship an affected version, including virtualenv. It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-4617 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade virtualenv to 1.5 or later.","what":"CVE-2011-4617 is a low-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 Dec 2011. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2011-4617 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2011-4617 is a low-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 Dec 2011. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-4617 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- virtualenv (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 1.5\n- virtualenv (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 1.5\n- virtualenv (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 1.5\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-4617/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-4617/index.md)","id":"CVE-2011-4617","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-4617/index.md","name":"CVE-2011-4617","record":{"aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4617","GHSA-3jhc-wjqf-5f2c","PYSEC-2011-23"],"analysis":{"component_type":"developer_tool","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["data_modify"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Python virtualenv tool","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Local attackers can overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attacks in virtualenv, potentially compromising system integrity.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"path_traversal"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"redhat","cpe":[{"product":"virtualenv","vendor":"python"}],"cvss":{"score":1.2,"severity":"low","source":"nvd","vector":"AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N","version":"2.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-59","name":"Improper Link Resolution Before File Access"}],"description":"virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.","ecosystems":["PyPI"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Virtualenv Allows Symlink Attack on /tmp/","id":"CVE-2011-4617","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":"PyPI","product":null,"products":[],"type":"path_traversal","year":"2011"},"n_packages":3,"n_references":7,"next":{"headline":"Cross-site scripting in n/a","id":"CVE-2011-4618"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":["1.5"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"virtualenv","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-3jhc-wjqf-5f2c"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":["1.5"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"virtualenv","purl":"pkg:pypi/virtualenv","source":"GHSA-3jhc-wjqf-5f2c"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":["1.5"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"virtualenv","purl":"pkg:pypi/virtualenv","source":"PYSEC-2011-23"}],"prev":{"headline":"Cross-site scripting in n/a","id":"CVE-2011-4616"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2011-12-31","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"GitHub Advisory Database","prefix":"GHSA"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"PyPA Advisory Database","prefix":"PYSEC"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-07","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Local attackers can overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attacks in virtualenv, potentially compromising system integrity.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-4617/"}