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Ubuntu: 3463-1 Moderate: Python Werkzeug Arbitrary Code Execution

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-4821-1 concerns a vulnerability in python-werkzeug that permits unauthorized command execution through specially crafted inputs.
Werkzeug could be made to run arbitrary code if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

Werkzeug could be made to run arbitrary code if it opened a

specially crafted file.

Software Description:

- python-werkzeug: collection of utilities for WSGI applications

Details:

It was discovered that Werkzeug did not properly handle certain

web scripts. A remote attacker could use this to inject arbitrary

code via a field that contains an exception message.

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Topics Covered

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  python-werkzeug                 0.10.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu1.1
  python3-werkzeug                0.10.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  python-werkzeug                 0.9.4+dfsg-1.1ubuntu2.1
  python3-werkzeug                0.9.4+dfsg-1.1ubuntu2.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.

References

 

  CVE-2016-10516

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October 25, 2017

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security advisory moderate security issue code execution Ubuntu arbitrary code python-werkzeug

Package Information

  untu1.1
  untu2.1

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