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Debian: DSA-2948-1 Moderate: Python-Bottle JSON Bypass Issue

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Calendar Grey June 4, 2014
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Uncover a recent security patch for python-bottle in Debian that mitigates possible vulnerabilities related to security circumvention.
It was discovered that Bottle, a WSGI-framework for Python, performed a too permissive detection of JSON content, resulting a potential bypass of security mechanisms

Summary

It was discovered that Bottle, a WSGI-framework for Python, performed
a too permissive detection of JSON content, resulting a potential
bypass of security mechanisms.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.10.11-1+deb7u1.

For the testing distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.12.6-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.12.6-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your python-bottle 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/



Package: python-bottle
CVE ID: CVE-2014-3137

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