CVE-2011-4940

UNKNOWN

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

Published Jun 27, 2012

Modified 2 years ago

Details

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.

References

WEB

http://bugs.python.org/issue11442

ADVISORY

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN51176027/index.html

ADVISORY

http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2012-000063

ADVISORY

http://secunia.com/advisories/50858

ADVISORY

http://secunia.com/advisories/51024

ADVISORY