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CVE-2013-2217

10
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-2217 describes a local symlink vulnerability in Suds 0.4's cache.py, specifically when tempdir is set to None, affecting products like Red Hat Enterprise Linux and openSUSE. An attacker could exploit this to redirect SOAP queries and potentially cause other unspecified impacts. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 1.2, indicating a local attack vector with high access complexity and only partial integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jeff_ortel:suds:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

1.2LOW

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.56%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
43.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0056 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 747 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: sudsFixed in: 1.0.0
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: suds-py3Fixed in: 1.4.4.1
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: python-suds
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: python-suds
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: python-suds

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-vpqp-hx68-p2wxmedium

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access in Suds

May 14, 2022
redhatCVE-2013-2217Low

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

Jun 27, 2013

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-07/msg00062.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/06/27/8
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2008-1