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LOW CVSS 2.0
CVE-2014-8991
Apache Pip Local File Inclusion Denial of Service
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 24, 2014, 3:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 12, 2025, 10:46 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2014-8991 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Oracle solaris
1 Pypa pip
: Total Affected Vendor : 2 | Products : 2
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 LOW [email protected]
Solution
Upgrade pip to a version that addresses the denial of service vulnerability.
  • Update pip to the latest available version.
  • Ensure proper file permissions for temporary build directories.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2014-8991.

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

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2014-8991 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2014-8991 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2014-8991 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2014-8991 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/19/17
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/20/6
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71209
    Added Reference https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725847
    Added Reference https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/2122
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 15, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/19/17 Third Party Advisory http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/19/17 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/20/6 Third Party Advisory http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/20/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725847 Third Party Advisory https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725847 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-264
    Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo
    Removed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:python:pip:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:pip:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:pip:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:pip:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:pip:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:pip:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:pip:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:pip:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:pip:1.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:pip:1.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:pip:1.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:pypa:pip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.3 up to (including) 1.5.6
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 22, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:python:pip:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:pip:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:pip:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:pip:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:pip:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:pip:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:pip:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:pip:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:pip:1.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:pip:1.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:pip:1.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:python:pip:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:pip:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:pip:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:pip:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:pip:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:pip:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:pip:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:pip:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:pip:1.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:pip:1.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:pip:1.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/19/17 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/19/17 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/2122 No Types Assigned https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/2122 Vendor Advisory, Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725847 Exploit https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725847 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html No Types Assigned http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71209 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71209 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/20/6 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/20/6 Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 18, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 24, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:python:pip:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:pip:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:pip:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:pip:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:pip:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:pip:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:pip:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:pip:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:pip:1.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:pip:1.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:pip:1.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725847 No Types Assigned https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725847 Exploit
    Added CWE CWE-264
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 2.1
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.12 }} -0.02%

score

0.28761

percentile