CVE-2011-1521
CVE-2011-1521
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This page shows selected source facts. See the linked advisories for the complete description and affected versions.
The urllib and urllib2 modules in Python 2.x before 2.7.2 and 3.x before 3.2.1 process Location headers that specify redirection to file: URLs, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a crafted URL, as demonstrated by the file:///etc/passwd and file:///dev/zero URLs.
EPSS 3.6% · Fix available
- Published
- Updated
Stack: system
Affected products and versions
Original sources
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/15/5
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:096
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html
- http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/b2934d98dac1/
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1592-1
- http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/96a6c128822b/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51040
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50858
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html
- http://bugs.python.org/issue11662
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/24/5
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/28/2
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025488
- http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/96a6c128822b/Misc/NEWS
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690560
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737366
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1596-1
- http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/b2934d98dac1/Misc/NEWS
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/11/1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2011/sep/10/127/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51024
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1521