CVE-2016-3957

Publication date 6 February 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

The secure_load function in gluon/utils.py in web2py before 2.14.2 uses pickle.loads to deserialize session information stored in cookies, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging knowledge of encryption_key.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
web2py	19.04 disco	Not in release
	18.10 cosmic	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.12.3-1ubuntu0.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.8 · Critical
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-4030-1
web2py vulnerabilities
21 June 2019