CVE-2014-1604: RPLY Predictable Tmpfile Names Allows Cache Spoofing

May 17, 2022 (updated October 21, 2024)

The parser cache functionality in parsergenerator.py in RPLY (aka python-rply) before 0.7.1 allows local users to spoof cache data by pre-creating a temporary rply-*.json file with a predictable name.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90593
github.com/advisories/GHSA-9gcf-pq99-rjw3
github.com/alex/rply
github.com/alex/rply/commit/fc9bbcd25b0b4f09bbd6339f710ad24c129d5d7c
github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/rply/PYSEC-2014-17.yaml
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1604

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