Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20114940000
Revision Date:2012-06-27Version:1
Title:CVE-2011-4940 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.
Description: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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2011-4940
Platform(s):Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) is installed.
  • AND While related to the CVE in some way, the 'python2.7' package in precise is not affected (note: '2.7.2-13ubuntu5').
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