Update dependency PyInstaller to v3.6 [SECURITY] - abandoned

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This PR contains the following updates:

Package	Change	Age	Adoption	Passing	Confidence
PyInstaller (source)	==3.4 -> ==3.6

GitHub Vulnerability Alerts

CVE-2019-16784

Impact

Local Privilege Escalation in all Windows software frozen by PyInstaller in "onefile" mode.

The vulnerability is present only on Windows and in this particular case: If a software frozen by PyInstaller in "onefile" mode is launched by a (privileged) user who has his/her "TempPath" resolving to a world writable directory. This is the case e.g. if the software is launched as a service or as a scheduled task using a system account (in which case TempPath will default to C:\Windows\Temp).

In order to be exploitable the software has to be (re)started after the attacker has launched the exploit program. So for a service launched at startup, a service restart is needed (e.g. after a crash or an upgrade).

While PyInstaller itself was not vulnerable, all Windows software frozen by PyInstaller in "onefile" mode is vulnerable.

CVSSv3 score 7.0 (High)
CVSSv3 vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected

• all Windows software frozen by PyInstaller in "onefile" mode

No affected

• PyInstaller itself (except if frozen by PyInstaller in "onefile" mode on Windows)
• software frozen in "onedir" mode
• other platforms (GNU/Linux, OS X, BSD, etc.)

Patches

The problem is patched in commits 42a67148b3bdf9211fda8499fdc5b63acdd7e6cc (fixed code) and be948cf0954707671aa499da17b10c86b6fa5e5c (recompiled bootloaders). Users should upgrade to PyInstaller version 3.6 and rebuild their software.

Workarounds

There is no known workaround. Users using PyInstaller to freeze their Windows software using "onefile" mode should upgrade PyInstaller and rebuild their software.

Credits

This vulnerability was discovered and reported by Farid AYOUJIL (@​faridtsl), David HA, Florent LE NIGER and Yann GASCUEL (@​lnv42) from Alter Solutions (@​AlterSolutions) and fixed in collaboration with
Hartmut Goebel (@​htgoebel, maintainer of PyInstaller).

Funding Development

PyInstaller is in urgent need of funding to make future security fixes happen, see https://togithub.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/issues/4404 for details.

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Release Notes

pyinstaller/pyinstaller

v3.6

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See https://pyinstaller.readthedocs.io/en/v3.6/CHANGES.html for Changelog.

v3.5

Compare Source

See https://pyinstaller.readthedocs.io/en/v3.5/CHANGES.html for Changelog.

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