CVE-2011-1521

Published: 24 May 2011

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.

Priority

Status

Package	Release	Status
python2.4 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	Upstream	Needs triage






	Patches: Vendor: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0492.html
python2.5 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	Upstream	Needs triage






	Patches: Upstream: http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/dd852a0f92d6 (pt1) Upstream: http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/ca3b117c40f3 (pt2) Upstream: http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/9d06d5eb1a7e (pt3) Upstream: http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/90ec0bc01f3b (pt4, backport from 2.6)
python2.6 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	Upstream	Released (2.6.7)






	Patches: Vendor: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0554.html Upstream: http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/9eeda8e3a13f/ (pt1) Upstream: http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/90ec0bc01f3b (pt2)
python2.7 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	Upstream	Released (2.7.2)






	Patches: Upstream: http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/b2934d98dac1/ (pt1) Upstream: http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/34d5d794ccc1 (pt2)
python3.1 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	Upstream	Released (3.1.4 rc1)






	Patches: Upstream: http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/5937d2119a20
python3.2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	Upstream	Released (3.2.1)






	Patches: Upstream: http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/968bca2cab60

Notes

Author	Note
jdstrand	also needs a testcase fix

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