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CVE-2013-2217 json

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access in Suds

published 13y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-vpqp-hx68-p2wx , PYSEC-2013-32 , PYSEC-2013-33 , EUVD-2013-0041

cvss
6.2
version 3.1, GitHub
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 46%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

cache.py in Suds 0.4, when tempdir is set to None, allows local users to redirect SOAP queries and possibly have other unspecified impact via a symlink attack on a cache file with a predictable name in /tmp/suds/.

Patch / fix

  • pypi suds 0.7.0, 1.0.0
  • pypi suds-py3 1.4.4.1
  • suds Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.4.1-8

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2013-2217

  • python-suds-jurko OpenStack Cloud 6 0.6-4.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:2704-1

  • python-suds openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.2.0-2.4
  • python-suds-jurko openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.6-4.1
  • python-suds-community openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.8.5-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:15105-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10144-1openSUSE-SU-2024:11578-1

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2013-2217 updated cvss 1.9

python-suds: Insecure temporary directory use when initializing file-based URL cache

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 python-suds Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 python-suds Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 python-suds
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 1.2 AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub 3.1 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi suds
<1.0.0
<0.7.0
1.0.0
0.7.0
pypi suds-py3
<1.4.4.1
1.4.4.1

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

Sources

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