Debian DSA-2344-1 : python-django-piston - deserialization vulnerability

high Nessus Plugin ID 56785

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that the Piston framework can deserializes untrusted YAML and Pickle data, leading to remote code execution (CVE-2011-4103 ).

Solution

Upgrade the python-django-piston packages.

The old stable distribution (lenny) does not contain a python-django-piston package.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 0.2.2-1+squeeze1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 56785

File Name: debian_DSA-2344.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 11/14/2011

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-django-piston, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/11/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4103

BID: 50477

DSA: 2344

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