Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting ipython package, versions [,3.2.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    1.52% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-PYTHON-IPYTHON-40724
  • published 4 Dec 2017
  • disclosed 29 Sep 2015
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade ipython to version 3.2.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of ipython are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Executionhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7337.

The editor in IPython Notebook before 3.2.2 and Jupyter Notebook 4.0.x before 4.0.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code via a crafted file, which triggers a redirect to files/, related to MIME types.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
6.3 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    Low
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NVD

6.3 medium