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-rwxr-xr-xLib/pydoc.py13
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2021-08-29-12-39-44.bpo-42278.jvmQz_.rst2
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/pydoc.py b/Lib/pydoc.py
index bdc0849f6a..4f9d227ff4 100755
--- a/Lib/pydoc.py
+++ b/Lib/pydoc.py
@@ -1617,13 +1617,14 @@ def pipepager(text, cmd):
def tempfilepager(text, cmd):
"""Page through text by invoking a program on a temporary file."""
import tempfile
- filename = tempfile.mktemp()
- with open(filename, 'w', errors='backslashreplace') as file:
- file.write(text)
- try:
+ with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tempdir:
+ filename = os.path.join(tempdir, 'pydoc.out')
+ with open(filename, 'w', errors='backslashreplace',
+ encoding=os.device_encoding(0) if
+ sys.platform == 'win32' else None
+ ) as file:
+ file.write(text)
os.system(cmd + ' "' + filename + '"')
- finally:
- os.unlink(filename)
def _escape_stdout(text):
# Escape non-encodable characters to avoid encoding errors later
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2021-08-29-12-39-44.bpo-42278.jvmQz_.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2021-08-29-12-39-44.bpo-42278.jvmQz_.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..db880cd902
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2021-08-29-12-39-44.bpo-42278.jvmQz_.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Replaced usage of :func:`tempfile.mktemp` with
+:class:`~tempfile.TemporaryDirectory` to avoid a potential race condition.