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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 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.

Published

2012-06-27T10:18:36.433

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 2.6 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: HIGH
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

4.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-79

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	python	python	≤ 2.5.6	Yes
Application	python	python	0.9.0	Yes
Application	python	python	0.9.1	Yes
Application	python	python	1.2	Yes
Application	python	python	1.3	Yes
Application	python	python	1.5.2	Yes
Application	python	python	1.6	Yes
Application	python	python	1.6.1	Yes
Application	python	python	2.0.1	Yes
Application	python	python	2.1.1	Yes
Application	python	python	2.1.2	Yes
Application	python	python	2.1.3	Yes
Application	python	python	2.2.1	Yes
Application	python	python	2.2.2	Yes
Application	python	python	2.2.3	Yes
Application	python	python	2.3.1	Yes
Application	python	python	2.3.2	Yes
Application	python	python	2.3.3	Yes
Application	python	python	2.3.4	Yes
Application	python	python	2.3.5	Yes
Application	python	python	2.3.7	Yes
Application	python	python	2.4.1	Yes
Application	python	python	2.4.2	Yes
Application	python	python	2.4.3	Yes
Application	python	python	2.4.4	Yes
Application	python	python	2.4.6	Yes
Application	python	python	2.5.1	Yes
Application	python	python	2.5.2	Yes
Application	python	python	2.5.3	Yes
Application	python	python	2.5.4	Yes
Application	python	python	2.6.1	Yes
Application	python	python	2.6.2	Yes
Application	python	python	2.6.3	Yes
Application	python	python	2.6.4	Yes
Application	python	python	2.6.5	Yes
Application	python	python	2.6.6	Yes
Application	python	python	2.7.1	Yes
Application	python	python	2.7.1	Yes
Application	python	python	2.7.2	Yes

References

http://bugs.python.org/issue11442 ([email protected])
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN51176027/index.html ([email protected])
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2012-000063 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/50858 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/51024 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/51040 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54083 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1592-1 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1596-1 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-1 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=803500 ([email protected])
http://bugs.python.org/issue11442 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN51176027/index.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2012-000063 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/50858 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/51024 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/51040 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54083 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1592-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1596-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=803500 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)