CVE-2011-4103

Advisory

emitters.py in Django Piston before 0.2.3 and 0.2.x before 0.2.2.1 does not properly deserialize YAML data, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Python code via vectors related to the yaml.load method.

Affected package

Affected versions

Fixed versions

Vulnerability changelog

emitters.py in Django Piston before 0.2.3 and 0.2.x before 0.2.2.1 does not properly deserialize YAML data, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Python code via vectors related to the yaml.load method.

Resources

• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-4103
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750658
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/01/10
• https://bitbucket.org/jespern/django-piston/commits/91bdaec89543/
• http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2344
• https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2011/nov/01/piston-and-tastypie-security-releases/