(1) core/tests/test_memmap.py, (2) core/tests/test_multiarray.py, (3) f2py/f2py2e.py, and (4) lib/tests/test_io.py in NumPy before 1.8.1 allow local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - (1) core/tests/test_memmap.py, (2) core/tests/test_multiarray.py, (3) f2py/f2py2e.py, and (4)     lib/tests/test_io.py in NumPy before 1.8.1 allow local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink     attack on a temporary file. (CVE-2014-1859)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - (1) core/tests/test_memmap.py, (2) core/tests/test_multiarray.py, (3) f2py/f2py2e.py, and (4)
    lib/tests/test_io.py in NumPy before 1.8.1 allow local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink
    attack on a temporary file. (CVE-2014-1859)

Updated python-numpy packages fix security vulnerabilities :

f2py insecurely used a temporary file. A local attacker could use this flaw to perform a symbolic link attack to modify an arbitrary file accessible to the user running f2py (CVE-2014-1858, CVE-2014-1859).

f2py insecurely uses a temporary file. A local attacker could use this flaw to perform a symbolic link attack to modify an arbitrary file accessible to the user running f2py.

- Fix CVE-2014-1858, CVE-2014-1859: #1062009, #1062359

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
218290	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2014-1859	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium
408881	SCA: security update for numpy (GHSA-2fc2-6r4j-p65h)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	Local	high
408881	SCA: security update for numpy (GHSA-2fc2-6r4j-p65h)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	Local	high
82330	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : python-numpy (MDVSA-2015:077)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	Local	high
72950	Amazon Linux AMI : numpy (ALAS-2014-302)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium
72631	Fedora 19 : numpy-1.7.2-8.fc19 (2014-2387)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	medium
72521	Fedora 20 : numpy-1.8.0-4.fc20 (2014-2289)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	medium

Detections

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CVE-2014-1859

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Tenable Plugins

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medium