CVE-2014-3137: Bottle does not properly limit content-types

CVE-2014-3137 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2014-10-25

Bottle 0.10.x before 0.10.12, 0.11.x before 0.11.7, and 0.12.x before 0.12.6 does not properly limit content types, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via an accepted Content-Type followed by a ; (semi-colon) and a Content-Type that would not be accepted, as demonstrated in YouCompleteMe to execute arbitrary code.

Technologies: bottle (PyPI). Vendors: PyPI.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2014-3137 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2014-3137 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2014-3137?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 25 October 2014.
Which products and versions are affected?
bottle (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0.10.0,fixed=0.10.12, ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0.8,fixed=0.10.12,introduced=0.11,fixed=0.11.7,introduced=0.12,fixed=0.12.6.
Is there a fix for CVE-2014-3137?
Yes. bottle (PyPI): upgrade to 0.10.12, 0.12.6 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2014-3137?
Check whether you run bottle (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • bottle (PyPI): upgrade to 0.10.12, 0.12.6 or later
    pip install "bottle>=0.12.6"

Affected products

  • bottle (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0.10.0,fixed=0.10.12, ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0.8,fixed=0.10.12,introduced=0.11,fixed=0.11.7,introduced=0.12,fixed=0.12.6

Identifiers

  • CVE-2014-3137
  • GHSA-873q-wpqr-xfgw
  • PYSEC-2014-77

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