CVE-2005-0089

Summary

CVECVE-2005-0089
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-05-02 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2023-08-02 18:04:00 UTC
DescriptionThe SimpleXMLRPCServer library module in Python 2.2, 2.3 before 2.3.5, and 2.4, when used by XML-RPC servers that use the register_instance method to register an object without a _dispatch method, allows remote attackers to read or modify globals of the associated module, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via dotted attributes.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Python Python All All All All
Application Python Python 2.4.0 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.2 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.3 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.3.1 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.3.2 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.3.3 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.3.4 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.4 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.2 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.3 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.3.1 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.3.2 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.3.3 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.3.4 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.4 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Python SimpleXMLRPCServer May Let Remote Users Access Internal Data or Execute Arbitrary Code SECTRACK securitytracker.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-666-1 python2.2 DEBIAN www.debian.org Patch
2005-0003 TRUSTIX www.trustix.org
'Python Security Advisory PSF-2005-001 - SimpleXMLRPCServer.py' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
Advisories - Mandriva MANDRAKE www.mandriva.com
Python SimpleXMLRPCServer Library Module Unauthorized Access Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
Our Blogs | Python.org CONFIRM python.org Patch
PSF-2005-001 - SimpleXMLRPCServer.py allows unrestricted traversal CONFIRM www.python.org Patch
Secunia - Advisories - Python SimpleXMLRPCServer Library Module Vulnerability SECUNIA secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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