Plone statusmessages and linkintegrity modules python code execution
| plone-pythoncode-execution (38288) |  High Risk |
Description:
Plone could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by multiple vulnerabilities in the statusmessages and linkintegrity modules where malicious network traffic is incorrectly identified as python pickles. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary python code with the privileges of the Zope/Plone process.
Platforms Affected:
- Debian, Debian Linux 4.0
- Plone, Plone 2.5
- Plone, Plone 2.5.1
- Plone, Plone 2.5.2
- Plone, Plone 2.5.3
- Plone, Plone 2.5.4
- Plone, Plone 3.0
- Plone, Plone 3.0.1
- Plone, Plone 3.0.2
Remedy:
Apply Plone Hotfix 20071106, available from the Plone Web site. See References.
For other distributions:
Apply the appropriate update for your system. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Nov 06 2007 - 12:08:25 CST , [CVE-2007-5741] Plone: statusmessages and linkintegrity unsafe network data hotfix at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-11/0083.html.
- Plone Security Advisory, CVE-2007-5741: unsafe data interpreted as pickles at http://plone.org/about/security/advisories/cve-2007-5741.
- Plone Web site, Plone Hotfix 20071106 at http://plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20071106.
- BID-26354: Plone Multiple Modules Script Execution Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2007-5741: Plone 2.5 through 2.5.4 and 3.0 through 3.0.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Python code via network data containing pickled objects for the (1) statusmessages or (2) linkintegrity module, which the module unpickles and executes.
- DSA-1405: zope-cmfplone -- missing input sanitising
- FrSIRT/ADV-2007-3754: Plone statusmessages and linkintegrity Modules Command Execution
- SA27530: Plone "statusmessages" and "linkintegrity" Modules Code Execution
Reported:
Nov 06, 2007
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