5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
7.3 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.009 Low
EPSS
Percentile
82.3%
Python is prone to an information disclosure vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:python:python";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.801796");
script_version("2024-02-15T05:05:39+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2011-1015");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-15 05:05:39 +0000 (Thu, 15 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-06-07 13:29:28 +0200 (Tue, 07 Jun 2011)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG");
script_family("General");
script_name("Python CGIHTTPServer Module Information Disclosure Vulnerability - Windows");
script_dependencies("gb_python_consolidation.nasl", "os_detection.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("python/detected", "Host/runs_windows");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://bugs.python.org/issue2254");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46541");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://securitytracker.com/id?1025489");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to an error when handling 'is_cgi' method in
'CGIHTTPServer.py' in the 'CGIHTTPServer module', which allows an attcker to
supply a specially crafted request without the leading '/' character to the CGIHTTPServer.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Python is prone to an information disclosure vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Source code patches are available, please see the references for
more information.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation could allow attackers to gain access to potentially
sensitive information contained in arbitrary scripts by requesting cgi script
without / in the beginning of URL.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Python version 2.5, 2.6, and 3.0.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if(isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe:CPE)))
exit(0);
if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe:CPE, port:port, exit_no_version:TRUE, version_regex:"^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+"))
exit(0);
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if(version_is_equal(version:version, test_version:"2.5") ||
version_is_equal(version:version, test_version:"2.6") ||
version_is_equal(version:version, test_version:"3.0")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:version, fixed_version:"See references", install_path:location);
security_message(data:report, port:port);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);