CVE-2011-4940
The list_directory function in Lib/SimpleHTTPServer.py in SimpleHTTPServer in Python before 2.5.6c1, 2.6.x before 2.6.7 rc2, and 2.7.x be… (CVE-2011-4940)
noneEPSS 3.2%
Description
The list_directory function in Lib/SimpleHTTPServer.py in SimpleHTTPServer in Python before 2.5.6c1, 2.6.x before 2.6.7 rc2, and 2.7.x before 2.7.2 does not place a charset parameter in the Content-Type HTTP header, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks against Internet Explorer 7 via UTF-7 encoding.
Metrics
Severity
none
52.46
no public PoC known
87.5 %
Critical — this CVE ranks in the top fifth of all CVEs scored today (rank ≥ 80%).
Published
2012-06-27 10:00 UTC
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Affected products
Products and version ranges extracted from the vendor/CERT advisory. A range like „<4.14.6“ implies the update recommendation „upgrade to 4.14.6 or later“.
python
python2.5.6
python
python
References & sources
- https://bugs.python.org/issue11442report
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1592-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN51176027/index.htmlthird-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVN
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51040third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50858third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://bugs.python.org/issue11442x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54083vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1596-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2012-000063third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNDB
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=803500x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51024third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
IDCVE-2011-4940