DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4940

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2011-4940
Downstream
DLA-25-1
Published: 27 Jun 2012, 10:18
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:07

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

27 Jun 2012, 10:18
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:07
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

Affected Systems

  • debian•python2.7

    < 2.7.2-8

References (1)