CVE-2012-5487

Advisory

Plone 4.2.3 and 4.3b1 include a fix for CVE-2012-5487: The sandbox whitelisting function (allowmodule.py) in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1 allows remote authenticated users with certain privileges to bypass the Python sandbox restriction and execute arbitrary Python code via vectors related to importing.

Affected package

Affected versions

Fixed versions

Vulnerability changelog

The sandbox whitelisting function (allowmodule.py) in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1 allows remote authenticated users with certain privileges to bypass the Python sandbox restriction and execute arbitrary Python code via vectors related to importing.


MLIST:[oss-security] 20121109 Re: Re: CVE Request - Zope / Plone: Multiple vectors corrected within 20121106 fix: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/10/1
CONFIRM:https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/blob/4.2.3/docs/CHANGES.txt: https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/blob/4.2.3/docs/CHANGES.txt
CONFIRM:https://plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20121106: https://plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20121106
CONFIRM:https://plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/20121106/03: https://plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/20121106/03

Resources

• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5487
• https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/blob/4.2.3/docs/CHANGES.txt
• https://plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20121106
• https://plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/20121106/03
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/10/1