CVE-2011-4940

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 (24)

• secalert@redhathttp://bugs.python.org/issue11442
• secalert@redhathttp://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN51176027/index.html
• secalert@redhathttp://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2012-000063
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/50858
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/51024
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/51040
• secalert@redhathttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54083
• secalert@redhathttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1592-1
• secalert@redhathttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1596-1
• secalert@redhathttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-1
• secalert@redhathttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2
• secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=803500
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.python.org/issue11442
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN51176027/index.html
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2012-000063