[Python-modules-team] Bug#737778: [oss-security] CVE request: f2py insecure temporary file use

[Murray McAllister]

On 02/06/2014 02:59 PM, Murray McAllister wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Jakub Wilk reported insecure temporary file use in f2py. From
> <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737778>:
>
> ""
> numpy/f2py/__init__.py contains this code:
>
>       from numpy.distutils.exec_command import exec_command
>       import tempfile
>       if source_fn is None:
>           fname = os.path.join(tempfile.mktemp()+'.f')
>       else:
>           fname = source_fn
>
>       f = open(fname,'w')
> ""
>
> Can a CVE please be assigned if one hasn't been already?
>
> References:
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737778
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062009
>
> Thanks,

Thomas Spura noted in the Red Hat Bugzilla that a patch has been merged 
upstream:

https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/4262