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DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4940

DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4940 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL

The list_directory function in Lib/SimpleHTTPServer.py in SimpleHTTPServer in Python before 2.5.6c1, 2.6.x before 2.6.7 rc2, and 2.7.x before 2.7.2 does not place a charset parameter in the Content-Type HTTP header, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks against Internet Explorer 7 via UTF-7 encoding.

Risk Scores

CVSS v4.0
9.300000190734863
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:11python2.70, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Jun 27, 2012 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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