CVE-2016-4000

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    CVE-2016-4000

    Published: 6 Jul 2017Last Modified: 15 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Jython before 2.7.1rc1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized PyFunction object.

    References: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/0919ec1db20b1022f22b8e78f355667df74d6142b463ff17d03ad533%40%3Cdevnull.infra.apache.org%3E, https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html, https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105647, https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html, https://hg.python.org/jython/file/v2.7.1rc1/NEWS, https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4000, https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html, https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=864859, https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html, http://bugs.jython.org/issue2454, http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3893, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-28, https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html, https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGPYTHON-31451, https://hg.python.org/jython/rev/d06e29d100c0

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