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title: "CVE-2013-2217\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-2217

Publication date 23 September 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

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/.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| suds | 13.10 saucy | Not affected |
| 13.04 raring | Fixed 0.4.1-5ubuntu0.13.04.1 |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 0.4.1-5ubuntu0.12.10.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 0.4.1-2ubuntu1.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-2217)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2217)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-2217)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2217)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2008-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2008-1)
+ Suds vulnerability
+ 24 October 2013

### Other references

* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/27/5>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2217>
