New submission from Dhiraj <mishra.dhira...@gmail.com>:
File: /cpython/blob/master/Modules/posixmodule.c#L2657
#endif
result = access(path->narrow, mode);
Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
return_value = !result;
#endif
If an attacker could change anything along the path between the call `access()`
and the files actually used, it may exploit the race condition or a
time-of-check, time-of-use race condition
https://linux.die.net/man/2/access
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components: Build
messages: 322305
nosy: Dhiraj_Mishra
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: racecondition
type: security
versions: Python 2.7
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