CVE-2011-1015

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-1015
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-05-09 22:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe is_cgi method in CGIHTTPServer.py in the CGIHTTPServer module in Python 2.5, 2.6, and 3.0 allows remote attackers to read script source code via an HTTP GET request that lacks a / (slash) character at the beginning of the URI.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Python Python 3.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-1613-2: Python 2.4 vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Security Advisory SA50858 - Ubuntu update for python - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2011:096 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 svn.python.org Patch
USN-1613-1: Python 2.5 vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
oss-security - CVE request: Information disclosure in CGIHTTPServer from Python af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Exploit, Patch
Security Advisory SA51024 - Ubuntu update for python2.5 - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Advisory SA51040 - Ubuntu update for python2.4 - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request: Information disclosure in CGIHTTPServer from Python af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Exploit, Patch
Python CGIHTTPServer Lets Remote Users View CGI Source Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
cpython: c6c4398293bd af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 hg.python.org Patch
USN-1596-1: Python 2.6 vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
680094 – (CVE-2011-1015) CVE-2011-1015 python (CGIHTTPServer): CGI script source code disclosure af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit, Patch
Python CGIHTTPServer Module Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Issue 2254: Python CGIHTTPServer information disclosure - Python tracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.python.org Exploit, Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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