CVE-2011-1015

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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 5.0 Medium

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2011-05-09

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-200

Affected products

• Python (Python)

References

• http://bugs.python.org/issue2254
• http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/c6c4398293bd/
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/23/27
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/24/10
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50858
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51024
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51040
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1025489
• http://svn.python.org/view?view=revision&revision=71303
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:096
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46541
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1596-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680094