Debian: DSA-2344-1 Moderate: Python-Django-Piston Remote Code Execution
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November 11, 2011
It was discovered that the Piston framework can deserializes untrusted YAML and Pickle data, leading to remote code execution
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Summary
It was discovered that the Piston framework can deserializes untrusted
YAML and Pickle data, leading to remote code execution. (CVE-2011-4103)
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.
For the testing distribution (wheezy) and the unstable distribution
(sid), this problem has been fixed in version 0.2.2-2.
We recommend that you upgrade your python-django-piston packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: python-django-piston
CVE ID: CVE-2011-4103
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