| Name | CVE-2014-8991 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 725847 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| python-pip (PTS) | buster | 18.1-5 | fixed |
| bullseye | 20.3.4-4+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 23.0.1+dfsg-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 24.0+dfsg-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[wheezy] - python-pip <not-affected> (Vulnerable code only in >= 1.3)
[squeeze] - python-pip <not-affected> (Vulnerable code only in >= 1.3)
https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/2122