CVE-2014-8991 Information

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.

Reference

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/19/17 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/20/6 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71209 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725847 https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/2122