CVE-2011-4940

Advisory

Python 2.5.6c1, 2.6.7rc2, 2.7.2, 3.2.4 and 3.3.1 include a fix for CVE-2011-4940: 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.
https://python-security.readthedocs.io/vuln/simplehttpserver-utf-7.html

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Resources

• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-4940
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=803500
• http://bugs.python.org/issue11442
• http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2012-000063
• http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN51176027/index.html
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1596-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1592-1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54083
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51040
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50858
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51024