CVE-2011-1521 (GCVE-0-2011-1521)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-05-24 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 22:28
VLAI?
Summary
The urllib and urllib2 modules in Python 2.x before 2.7.2 and 3.x before 3.2.1 process Location headers that specify redirection to file: URLs, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a crafted URL, as demonstrated by the file:///etc/passwd and file:///dev/zero URLs.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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