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diff --git a/dev-python/pyxdg/files/sec-patch-CVE-2014-1624.patch b/dev-python/pyxdg/files/sec-patch-CVE-2014-1624.patch
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+++ b/dev-python/pyxdg/files/sec-patch-CVE-2014-1624.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+Improve security of get_runtime_dir(strict=False)
+https://github.com/takluyver/pyxdg/commit/bd999c1c3fe7ee5f30ede2cf704cf03e400347b4
+diff --git a/xdg/BaseDirectory.py b/xdg/BaseDirectory.py
+index cececa3..a7c31b1 100644
+--- a/xdg/BaseDirectory.py
++++ b/xdg/BaseDirectory.py
+@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
+ Note: see the rox.Options module for a higher-level API for managing options.
+ """
+
+-import os
++import os, stat
+
+ _home = os.path.expanduser('~')
+ xdg_data_home = os.environ.get('XDG_DATA_HOME') or \
+@@ -131,15 +131,30 @@ def get_runtime_dir(strict=True):
+
+ import getpass
+ fallback = '/tmp/pyxdg-runtime-dir-fallback-' + getpass.getuser()
++ create = False
++
+ try:
+- os.mkdir(fallback, 0o700)
++ # This must be a real directory, not a symlink, so attackers can't
++ # point it elsewhere. So we use lstat to check it.
++ st = os.lstat(fallback)
+ except OSError as e:
+ import errno
+- if e.errno == errno.EEXIST:
+- # Already exists - set 700 permissions again.
+- import stat
+- os.chmod(fallback, stat.S_IRUSR|stat.S_IWUSR|stat.S_IXUSR)
+- else: # pragma: no cover
++ if e.errno == errno.ENOENT:
++ create = True
++ else:
+ raise
+-
++ else:
++ # The fallback must be a directory
++ if not stat.S_ISDIR(st.st_mode):
++ os.unlink(fallback)
++ create = True
++ # Must be owned by the user and not accessible by anyone else
++ elif (st.st_uid != os.getuid()) \
++ or (st.st_mode & (stat.S_IRWXG | stat.S_IRWXO)):
++ os.rmdir(fallback)
++ create = True
++
++ if create:
++ os.mkdir(fallback, 0o700)
++
+ return fallback
+