Cross-site request forgery in ipython and Fedora - CVE-2015-5607
Published: September 20, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU38231
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5607
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: ipython.org
Fedoraproject
Fedoraproject
Affected software:
ipython
Fedora
ipython
Fedora
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-5607
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- 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