CVE-2011-4940
Public on 2012-06-27
Modified on 2014-09-14
Description
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.
Severity
Low
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | python26 | 2012-07-05 | ALAS-2012-98 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |