PT-2011-2815 · Python+2 · Python+2

Published 2011-05-05 · Updated 2019-10-25 · CVE-2011-1015

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Python versions 2.5 through 2.6 and version 3.0

Description The issue allows remote attackers to read script source code via an HTTP GET request that lacks a / (slash) character at the beginning of the URI, specifically affecting the is cgi method in CGIHTTPServer.py in the CGIHTTPServer module.

Recommendations For versions 2.5 through 2.6 and version 3.0, consider restricting access to the CGIHTTPServer module until a fix is applied, or apply a patch that corrects the is cgi method to properly handle HTTP GET requests.

Exploit

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-1015

DLA-25-1

PSF-2011-1

RHSA-2011:0491

RHSA-2011:0492

RHSA-2011:0554

RHSA-2011_0491

RHSA-2011_0492

RHSA-2011_0554

SUSE-SU-2012_0642-1

Affected Products

Python

Red Hat

Suse

References · 54

• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/23/27 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://bugs.python.org/issue2254 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680094 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/24/10 · Exploit
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2011-0554.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-09649 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1521 · Security Note
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2 · Vendor Advisory
• http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/c6c4398293bd · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1015 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0845 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-4944 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1150 · Security Note
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1596-1 · Vendor Advisory