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.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 6.8 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 5 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
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.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Nov 06 2007 - 12:08:25 CST : [CVE-2007-5741] Plone: statusmessages and linkintegrity unsafe network data hotfix.
- Plone Security Advisory: CVE-2007-5741: unsafe data interpreted as pickles.
- Plone Web site: Plone Hotfix 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
- SA27530: Plone "statusmessages" and "linkintegrity" Modules Code Execution
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-3754: Plone statusmessages and linkintegrity Modules Command Execution
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
Reported:
Nov 06, 2007
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