CVE-2005-0089

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-0089
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-05-02 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Python Python All All All All
Application Python Python 2.4.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Our Blogs | Python.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 python.org Broken Link, Patch
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Python SimpleXMLRPCServer May Let Remote Users Access Internal Data or Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Broken Link
Python SimpleXMLRPCServer Library Module Unauthorized Access Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0003 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.trustix.org Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-666-1 python2.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Python SimpleXMLRPCServer Library Module Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
PSF-2005-001 - SimpleXMLRPCServer.py allows unrestricted traversal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.python.org Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
'Python Security Advisory PSF-2005-001 - SimpleXMLRPCServer.py' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com VDB Entry
Advisories - Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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