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title: "CVE-2013-5942\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-5942

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

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, related to (1) remote\_storage.py, (2) storage.py, (3)
render/datalib.py, and (4) whitelist/views.py, a different vulnerability
than CVE-2013-5093.

## 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)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-5942)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-5942)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-5942)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-5942)

### Other references

* <https://github.com/graphite-project/graphite-web/blob/master/docs/releases/0_9_11.rst>
* <http://secunia.com/advisories/54556>
* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/27/10>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-5942>