{"id":"MGASA-2013-0330","summary":"Updated python-scipy packages fix a security vulnerability and missing deps","details":"Updated python-scipy package fixes security vulnerability:\n\nscipy.weave will use /tmp/[username] as persistent storage (cache), but it\ndoes not check whether or not this directory already exists, does not check\nwhether it is a directory or a symlink, and also does not verify permissions\nor ownership, which could allow someone to place code in this directory that\nwould be executed as the user running scipy.weave (CVE-2013-4251).\n\nThe update also adds some missing dependencies.\n","modified":"2026-04-16T06:25:04.702564654Z","published":"2013-11-20T20:22:27Z","upstream":["CVE-2013-4251"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0330.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-October/119771.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11555"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"python-scipy","ecosystem":"Mageia:2","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/python-scipy?arch=source&distro=mageia-2"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.9.0-3.4.mga2"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0330.json"}},{"package":{"name":"python-scipy","ecosystem":"Mageia:3","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/python-scipy?arch=source&distro=mageia-3"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.9.0-7.3.mga3"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0330.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}