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title: "CVE-2011-4103\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2011-4103

Publication date 27 October 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

emitters.py in Django Piston before 0.2.3 and 0.2.x before 0.2.2.1 does not
properly deserialize YAML data, which allows remote attackers to execute
arbitrary Python code via vectors related to the yaml.load method.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| python-django-piston | 11.10 oneiric | Fixed 0.2.2-1ubuntu1.11.10.1 |
| 11.04 natty | Fixed 0.2.2-1ubuntu1.11.04.1 |
| 10.10 maverick | Fixed 0.2.2-1ubuntu0.2 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-4103?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| python-django-piston | * Debdiff:   <https://launchpad.net/bugs/884910> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-4103)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4103)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2011-4103)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4103)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-4103>