Re: [galaxy-dev] Galaxy Security Vulnerability

2014-08-05 Thread John Chilton
; Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 14:55:57 -0400 > From: Nate Coraor > To: Galaxy Development , > galaxy-annou...@lists.bx.psu.edu > Subject: [galaxy-dev] Galaxy Security Vulnerability > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > A security v

Re: [galaxy-dev] Galaxy Security Vulnerability

2014-08-05 Thread Dooley, Damion
hand? Regards, Damion Message: 7 Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 14:55:57 -0400 From: Nate Coraor To: Galaxy Development , galaxy-annou...@lists.bx.psu.edu Subject: [galaxy-dev] Galaxy Security Vulnerability Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" A security v

[galaxy-dev] Galaxy Security Vulnerability

2014-07-31 Thread Nate Coraor
A security vulnerability was recently discovered by Inge Alexander Raknes that would allow a malicious person to execute arbitrary code on a Galaxy server. The vulnerability was in a method that uses Python "pickle" functionality to decode state information from tool forms. Because pickles can b