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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-4000: Jython: Arbitrary code execution

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-4000: Jython: Arbitrary code execution

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/06/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/19/2018

Description

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

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-java-jython

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