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title: "CVE-2013-4409\n    | Ubuntu"
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4409?format=md
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# CVE-2013-4409

Publication date 4 November 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**9.8 · Critical**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4409?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

An eval() vulnerability exists in Python Software Foundation Djblets 0.7.21
and Beanbag Review Board before 1.7.15 when parsing JSON requests.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| djblets | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Ignored end of life |
| 13.04 raring | Ignored end of life |
| 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| python-django-djblets | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Not in release |
| 13.04 raring | Not in release |
| 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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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-2013-4409?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 |
| --- | --- |
| djblets | * Other:   [36cd157](https://github.com/djblets/djblets/commit/36cd15763742652ca990f913b44e91c69c707269) |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

9.8 · Critical

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 9.8 · Critical |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4409)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4409)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-4409)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4409)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4409>