CVE-2015-6938
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the file browser in notebook/notebookapp.py in IPython Notebook before 3.2.2 and Jupyter Notebook 4.0.x before 4.0.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a folder name. NOTE: this was originally reported as a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability, but this may be inaccurate.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Fedora Affected 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 23 | Affected | — |
| 22 | Affected | — |
| 21 | Affected | — |
SUSE Affected 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 13.2 | Affected | — |
| 13.1 | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2.4.1-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 2.4.1-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 2.4.1-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2.4.1-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2.4.1-1 |
Package impact
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6938
- https://github.com/ipython/ipython/commit/3ab41641cf6fce3860c73d5cf4645aa12e1e5892
- https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/commit/35f32dd2da804d108a3a3585b69ec3295b2677ed
- https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/commit/dd9876381f0ef09873d8c5f6f2063269172331e3
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259405
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4vwq-x64q-j4cj
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ipython/PYSEC-2015-24.yaml
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/notebook/PYSEC-2015-26.yaml
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/166460.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/166471.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167670.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00016.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q3/474
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q3/544
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-6938
CWEs
CWE-79
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.