CVE-2011-4357

Publication date 10 December 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Description

Format string vulnerability in the p_cgi_error function in python/neo_cgi.c in the Python CGI Kit (neo_cgi) module for Clearsilver 0.10.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers that are not properly handled when creating CGI error messages using the cgi_error API function.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
clearsilver	13.10 saucy	Fixed 0.10.5-1.2ubuntu1
	13.04 raring	Fixed 0.10.5-1.2ubuntu1
	12.10 quantal	Fixed 0.10.5-1.2ubuntu1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 0.10.5-1.2ubuntu1
	11.10 oneiric	Fixed 0.10.5-1.1ubuntu0.1
	11.04 natty	Fixed 0.10.5-1+squeeze1build0.11.04.1
	10.10 maverick	Fixed 0.10.5-1+squeeze1build0.10.10.1
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored end of life
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored end of life

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
clearsilver	Vendor: http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2355

References

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-4357