CVE-2011-1015
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5 · Information disclosure
5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
The is_cgi method in CGIHTTPServer.py in the CGIHTTPServer module in Python 2.5, 2.6, and 3.0 allows remote attackers to read script source code via an HTTP GET request that lacks a / (slash) character at the beginning of the URI.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)4%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://bugs.python.org/issue2254 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://bugs.python.org/issue2254Patch
- http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/c6c4398293bd/Patch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/23/27Patch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/24/10Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50858
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51024
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51040
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025489