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CVE-2016-4000

Impact:: Important
Public Date:: 2016-02-01
CWE:: CWE-502

Bugzilla:: 1461928: CVE-2016-4000 jython: Unsafe deserialization leads to code execution

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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

Find out more about CVE-2016-4000 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score	8.1
CVSS3 Base Metrics	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector	Network
Attack Complexity	High
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity Impact	High
Availability Impact	High

Affected Packages State

Platform	Package	State
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux	rh-eclipse46-jython	Not affected
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2	jython	Not affected
Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6	jython	Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform 5	jython	Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	jython	Not affected

Last Modified 2018-05-02T02:59:37+00:00

CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation