CVE-2014-4650

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-4650
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-02-20 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-06-27 16:20:00 UTC
DescriptionThe CGIHTTPServer module in Python 2.7.5 and 3.3.4 does not properly handle URLs in which URL encoding is used for path separators, which allows remote attackers to read script source code or conduct directory traversal attacks and execute unintended code via a crafted character sequence, as demonstrated by a %2f separator.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-22

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Python Python All All All All
Application Python Python 2.7.5 All All All
Application Python Python 3.3.4 All All All
Application Python Python 2.7.5 All All All
Application Python Python 3.3.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Application Redhat Software Collections - All All All
Application Redhat Software Collections - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
access.redhat.com | CVE-2014-4650 REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE ID Request for Python CGIHTTPServer File Disclosure MISC openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Issue 21766: CGIHTTPServer File Disclosure - Python tracker MISC bugs.python.org Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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