Deserialization of Untrusted Data Affecting jython package, versions <2.5.3-17


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
6.21% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-JYTHON-5683434
  • published6 Jul 2017
  • disclosed6 Jul 2017

Introduced: 6 Jul 2017

CVE-2016-4000  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-502  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 jython to version 2.5.3-17 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream jython package and not the jython package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

Jython before 2.7.1rc1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized PyFunction object.