SB2017092020 - Cross-site request forgery in ipython
Published: September 20, 2017 Updated: August 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017092020
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Cross-site request forgery (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5607)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Cross-site request forgery in the REST API in IPython 2 and 3.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162671.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162936.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/21/3
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243842
- https://github.com/ipython/ipython/commit/1415a9710407e7c14900531813c15ba6165f0816
- https://github.com/ipython/ipython/commit/a05fe052a18810e92d9be8c1185952c13fe4e5b0