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title: "CVE-2013-5093\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-5093

Publication date 27 September 2013

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

The renderLocalView function in render/views.py in graphite-web in Graphite
0.9.5 through 0.9.10 uses the pickle Python module unsafely, which allows
remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized object.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-5093?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| graphite-web | 13.04 raring | Not in release |
| 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | 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-2013-5093?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [seth-arnold](https://launchpad.net/~seth-arnold)

upstream 0.9.12 includes some XSS fixes that don't (yet?) have a CVE
entry; a full update might be better.

### 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 |
| --- | --- |
| graphite-web | * Upstream:   <https://gist.github.com/mleinart/6285953> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-5093)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-5093)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-5093)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-5093)

### Other references

* <http://ceriksen.com/2013/08/20/graphite-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-advisory/>
* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/27/10>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-5093>
