id: PYSEC-2011-17
details: Celery 2.1 and 2.2 before 2.2.8, 2.3 before 2.3.4, and 2.4 before 2.4.4 changes
  the effective id but not the real id during processing of the --uid and --gid arguments
  to celerybeat, celeryd_detach, celeryd-multi, and celeryev, which allows local users
  to gain privileges via vectors involving crafted code that is executed by the worker
  process.
affected:
- package:
    name: celery
    ecosystem: PyPI
    purl: pkg:pypi/celery
  ranges:
  - type: ECOSYSTEM
    events:
    - introduced: "2.1"
    - fixed: 2.2.8
    - introduced: "2.3"
    - fixed: 2.3.4
    - introduced: "2.4"
    - fixed: 2.4.4
  versions:
  - 2.1.0
  - 2.1.1
  - 2.1.2
  - 2.1.3
  - 2.1.4
  - 2.2.0
  - 2.2.1
  - 2.2.2
  - 2.2.3
  - 2.2.4
  - 2.2.5
  - 2.2.6
  - 2.2.7
  - 2.3.0
  - 2.3.1
  - 2.3.2
  - 2.3.3
  - 2.4.0
  - 2.4.1
  - 2.4.2
  - 2.4.3
references:
- type: WEB
  url: https://github.com/ask/celery/blob/master/docs/sec/CELERYSA-0001.txt
- type: WEB
  url: https://github.com/ask/celery/pull/544
- type: ADVISORY
  url: http://secunia.com/advisories/46973
- type: WEB
  url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50825
- type: ADVISORY
  url: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rpc6-h455-3rx5
aliases:
- CVE-2011-4356
- GHSA-rpc6-h455-3rx5
modified: "2021-08-27T03:21:56.662825Z"
published: "2011-12-05T11:55:00Z"