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critical 9.3

CVE-2014-5340 json

The wato component in Check_MK before 1.2.4p4 and 1.2.5 before 1.2.5i4 uses the pickle Python module unsafely, which allows remote attacker…

published 2014-09-02 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-5229

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.1%
EPSS 6.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The wato component in Check_MK before 1.2.4p4 and 1.2.5 before 1.2.5i4 uses the pickle Python module unsafely, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized object, related to an automation URL.

Patch / fix

  • ccs storage 3.1 0.16.2-81.el6
  • pcs storage 3.1 0.9.139-9.el6
  • cman storage 3.1 3.0.12.1-73.el6
  • nrpe storage 3.1 2.15-4.1.el6rhs
  • vdsm storage 3.1 4.16.20-1.2.el6rhs
  • libqb storage 3.1 0.17.1-1.el6
  • pynag storage 3.1 0.9.1-1.el6rhs
  • ricci storage 3.1 0.16.2-81.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2015:1495

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-5340 updated cvss 7.5

check-mk: multiple flaws fixed in versions 1.2.4p4 and 1.2.5i4

  • Red Hat Gluster 3 Samba on RHEL-6 pytalloc 2.1.1-4.el6rhs, libtalloc 2.1.1-4.el6rhs Red Hat Gluster Storage Nagios 3.1 on RHEL-6 nrpe 2.15-4.1.el6rhs, pynag 0.9.1-1.el6rhs, check-mk 1.2.6p1-3.el6rhs, python-cpopen 1.3-4.el6_5, pnp4nagios 0.6.22-2.1.el6rhs, pynag-examples 0.9.1-1.el6rhs, +7 more Red Hat Gluster Storage NFS 3.1 on RHEL-6 nfs-ganesha 2.2.0-5.el6rhs, nfs-ganesha-nullfs 2.2.0-5.el6rhs, nfs-ganesha-gluster 2.2.0-5.el6rhs Red Hat Gluster Storage Server 3.1 on RHEL-6 ccs 0.16.2-81.el6, pcs 0.9.139-9.el6, libqb 0.17.1-1.el6, augeas 1.0.0-10.el6, openais 1.1.1-7.el6, ricci 0.16.2-81.el6, +82 more Red Hat Storage Native Client for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 glusterfs 3.7.1-11.el5, glusterfs-api 3.7.1-11.el5, glusterfs-cli 3.7.1-11.el5, glusterfs-fuse 3.7.1-11.el5, glusterfs-libs 3.7.1-11.el5, glusterfs-rdma 3.7.1-11.el5, +2 more Red Hat Storage Native Client for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 glusterfs 3.7.1-11.el6, glusterfs-api 3.7.1-11.el6, glusterfs-cli 3.7.1-11.el6, glusterfs-fuse 3.7.1-11.el6, glusterfs-libs 3.7.1-11.el6, glusterfs-rdma 3.7.1-11.el6, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1495

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

6.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

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