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Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2019-16935

CVE-2019-16935

MEDIUM6.1

The documentation XML-RPC server in Python through 2

Published Sep 28, 2019

Modified 1 years ago

Details

The documentation XML-RPC server in Python through 2.7.16, 3.x through 3.6.9, and 3.7.x through 3.7.4 has XSS via the server_title field. This occurs in Lib/DocXMLRPCServer.py in Python 2.x, and in Lib/xmlrpc/server.py in Python 3.x. If set_server_title is called with untrusted input, arbitrary JavaScript can be delivered to clients that visit the http URL for this server.

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00062.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00063.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00012.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00021.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00040.html

https://bugs.python.org/issue38243

https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/35c0809158be7feae4c4f877a08b93baea2d8291/Lib/xmlrpc/server.py#L897

https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/e007860b8b3609ce0bc62b1780efaa06241520bd/Lib/DocXMLRPCServer.py#L213

https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/16373

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00011.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00015.html

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4X3HW5JRZ7GCPSR7UHJOLD7AWLTQCDVR/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BEARDOTXCYPYELKBD2KWZ27GSPXDI3GQ/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/COATURTCY7G67AYI6UDV5B2JZTBCKIDX/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JCPGLTTOBB3QEARDX4JOYURP6ELNNA2V/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K7HNVIFMETMFWWWUNTB72KYJYXCZOS5V/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M34WOYCDKTDE5KLUACE2YIEH7D37KHRX/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OYGESQSGIHDCIGOBVF7VXCMIE6YDWRYB/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZBTGPBUABGXZ7WH7677OEM3NSP6ZEA76/

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191017-0004/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4151-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4151-2/

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-16935

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

RequiredUI:R

Scope

Scope

ChangedS:C

Impact

Confidentiality

LowC:L

Integrity

LowI:L

Availability

NoneA:N

6.1/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedSep 28, 2019

ModifiedAug 5, 2024

CVE-2019-16935 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence