Impact: Moderate Public Date: 2014-06-23 CWE: CWE-138 Bugzilla: 1113527: CVE-2014-4650 python: CGIHTTPServer module does not properly handle URL-encoded path separators in URLs It was discovered that the CGIHTTPServer module incorrectly handled URL encoded paths. A remote attacker could use this flaw to execute scripts outside of the cgi-bin directory, or disclose source of scripts in the cgi-bin directory.
Find out more about CVE-2014-4650 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue affects the versions of python as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 7 as well as Red Hat Software Collections. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is now in Production 3 Phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This has been rated as having Moderate security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.
| Base Score | 5 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (python27-python) | RHSA-2015:1064 | 2015-06-04 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (python) | RHSA-2015:2101 | 2015-11-19 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (python27-python) | RHSA-2015:1064 | 2015-06-04 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (python) | RHSA-2015:1330 | 2015-07-20 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | python33-python | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | rh-python34-python | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | python | Will not fix |
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