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Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting python2.7 package, versions <2.7.2-8

0.0
low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.42% (75th percentile)
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NVD
3.7 low
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Red Hat
3.7 low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-PYTHON27-306571
  • published 27 Jun 2012
  • disclosed 27 Jun 2012
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Introduced: 27 Jun 2012

CVE-2011-4940 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-79 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 python2.7 to version 2.7.2-8 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python2.7 package and not the python2.7 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.