CVE-2011-4103

Summary

CVECVE-2011-4103
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-10-27 01:55:23 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptionemitters.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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Djangoproject Piston All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 750658 – CVE-2011-4103 django-piston: vulnerability in de-serialization of YAML post data could possibly allow remote execution or arbitrary code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2344-1 python-django-piston af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Django | Weblog | Piston and Tastypie security releases issued af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.djangoproject.com Vendor Advisory
404 — Bitbucket af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bitbucket.org Patch
oss-security - Re: CVE request for Django-piston and Tastypie af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 983497 Python (pip) Security Update for django-piston (GHSA-pvhp-v9qp-xf5r)
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