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USN-2301-1: Jinja2 vulnerabilities

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USN-2301-1: Jinja2 vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/19/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/28/2014
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

The default configuration for bccache.FileSystemBytecodeCache in Jinja2 before 2.7.2 does not properly create temporary files, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted .cache file with a name starting with __jinja2_ in /tmp.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-python-jinja2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-python3-jinja2

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