Bug 1134676 (CVE-2014-0485) - CVE-2014-0485 s3ql: code execution due to unsafe pickle() usage
Summary: CVE-2014-0485 s3ql: code execution due to unsafe pickle() usage
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: CVE-2014-0485
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
high
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1134677
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2014-08-28 05:02 UTC by Murray McAllister
Modified: 2023-05-12 04:45 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 02:34:41 UTC
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patch (10.96 KB, patch)
2014-08-28 05:04 UTC, Murray McAllister 		no flags Details | Diff
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Description Murray McAllister 2014-08-28 05:02:58 UTC 
It was reported that S3QL used the Python pickle() function in an unsafe way. A malicious storage back-end or man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code.

Acknowledgements:

Red Hat would like to thank Nikolaus Rath for reporting this issue.

References:

https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3013
Comment 1 Murray McAllister 2014-08-28 05:04:18 UTC 
Created attachment 931720 [details]
patch
Comment 2 Murray McAllister 2014-08-28 05:05:02 UTC 
Created s3ql tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1134677]
Comment 3 Murray McAllister 2014-08-28 06:32:12 UTC 
Upstream commit:

https://bitbucket.org/nikratio/s3ql/commits/091ac263809b4e8
Comment 5 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-06-08 02:34:41 UTC 
This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.
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