CVE-2013-4251 SciPy creates insecure temporary directories

What is CVE-2013-4251?

CVE-2013-4251 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 4 Nov 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The scipy.weave component in SciPy before 0.12.1 creates insecure temporary directories.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-4251?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including scipy. It affects 4 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Redhat Enterprise Linux, Scipy Scipy.

How do I fix CVE-2013-4251?

Upgrade scipy to 0.12.1 or later.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2013-4251 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4251 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DLA-26-1, GHSA-xp76-357g-9wqq, MGASA-2013-0330, PYSEC-2019-156.