CVE-2019-16935

Summary

CVECVE-2019-16935
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-09-28 02:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:06:00 UTC
DescriptionThe documentation XML-RPC server in Python through 2.7.16, 3.x through 3.6.9, and 3.7.x through 3.7.4 has XSS via the server_title field. This occurs in Lib/DocXMLRPCServer.py in Python 2.x, and in Lib/xmlrpc/server.py in Python 3.x. If set_server_title is called with untrusted input, arbitrary JavaScript can be delivered to clients that visit the http URL for this server.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-79

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Python Python All All All All
Application Python Python All All All All
Application Python Python All All All All
Application Python Python All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: python35-3.5.8-2.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
cpython/DocXMLRPCServer.py at e007860b8b3609ce0bc62b1780efaa06241520bd · python/cpython · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: python36-3.6.10-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2280-1] python3.5 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Issue 38243: A reflected XSS in python/Lib/DocXMLRPCServer.py - Python tracker MISC bugs.python.org Exploit, Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2389-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: python2-docs-2.7.17-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: python35-3.5.8-2.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2020 MISC www.oracle.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: python2-docs-2.7.17-1.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: python36-3.6.10-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: python2-docs-2.7.17-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: python35-3.5.8-2.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
bpo-38243: Escape the server_title of DocXMLRPCServer when rendering by corona10 · Pull Request #16373 · python/cpython · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2393-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
USN-4151-1: Python vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: python35-3.5.8-2.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0086-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2438-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
USN-4151-2: Python vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: python2-docs-2.7.17-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: python2-docs-2.7.17-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2628-1] python2.7 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: python2-docs-2.7.17-1.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2453-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: python35-3.5.8-2.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: python36-3.6.10-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: python35-3.5.8-2.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
cpython/server.py at 35c0809158be7feae4c4f877a08b93baea2d8291 · python/cpython · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: python36-3.6.10-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE-2019-16935 Python Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 178546 Debian Security Update for python2.7 (DLA 2628-1)
  • 296076 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 19.3.0 Missing (CPUJAN2020)
  • 296078 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 16.4.0 Missing (CPUOCT2019)
  • 377257 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for python3 (ALINUX2-SA-2020:0137)
  • 377387 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for python3 (ALINUX3-SA-2021:0080)
  • 377479 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for python (ALINUX2-SA-2020:0171)
  • 500586 Alpine Linux Security Update for python2
  • 500590 Alpine Linux Security Update for python3
  • 504340 Alpine Linux Security Update for python3
  • 671062 EulerOS Security Update for python (EulerOS-SA-2019-2442)
  • 750463 OpenSUSE Security Update for python3 (openSUSE-SU-2020:2333-1)
  • 750464 OpenSUSE Security Update for python3 (openSUSE-SU-2020:2332-1)
  • 770068 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6 Security Update (RHSA-2021:0436)
  • 940120 AlmaLinux Security Update for python27:2.7 (ALSA-2020:1605)
  • 940166 AlmaLinux Security Update for python3 (ALSA-2020:4433)
  • 960303 Rocky Linux Security Update for python27:2.7 (RLSA-2020:1605)
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