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CVE-2013-4409

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-11-04 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

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.

Affected products

• Fedoraproject Fedora: 18, 19, 20
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 6.0
• ReviewBoard Djblets: 0.7.21
• ReviewBoard Review Board: before 1.7.15 — fixed in 1.7.15

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ReviewBoard Review Board 1.7.15. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-November/120619.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-October/119819.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-October/119820.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-October/119830.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-October/119831.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63029
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4409
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-4409
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/88059
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4409
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-November/120619.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-October/119819.html

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