[Secure-testing-team] Bug#726093: python-scipy: CVE-2013-4251: weave /tmp and current directory issues

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Package: python-scipy
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream patch fixed-upstream

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for python-scipy.

CVE-2013-4251[0]:
weave /tmp and current directory issues

For more details see also the RedHat Bugreport [1]. Upstream released
0.12.1[2] this issue and a the corresponding commit is at [3].

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4251
    http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4251
[1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=916690
[2] http://sourceforge.net/projects/scipy/files/scipy/0.12.1/
[3] https://github.com/scipy/scipy/commit/bd296e0336420b840fcd2faabb97084fd252a973

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore