{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2023-6597","details":"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.","modified":"2026-09-15T09:02:53.987191962Z","published":"2024-03-19T16:15:08.743Z","upstream":["CVE-2023-6597"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-6597"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pypy3","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/pypy3?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"7.3.11+dfsg-2+deb12u2"}]}],"versions":["7.3.11+dfsg-2","7.3.11+dfsg-2+deb12u1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-6597.json"}},{"package":{"name":"pypy3","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/pypy3?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"7.3.13+dfsg-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-6597.json"}},{"package":{"name":"pypy3","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/pypy3?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"7.3.13+dfsg-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-6597.json"}},{"package":{"name":"python3.11","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/python3.11?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.11.2-6+deb12u2"}]}],"versions":["3.11.2-6","3.11.2-6+deb12u1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-6597.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N"}]}