Name: CVE-2016-3957: Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2018-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2016-3957, CWE-502, CVSS 9.8, EPSS 0.12737

The secure_load function in gluon/utils.py in web2py before 2.14.2 uses pickle.loads to deserialize session information stored in cookies, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging knowledge of encryption_key.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade python-gluonUpgrade python-web2py	Jun 22, 2019	Feb 6, 2018

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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