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title: "CVE-2014-3429\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-3429

Publication date 7 August 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

IPython Notebook 0.12 through 1.x before 1.2 does not validate the origin
of websocket requests, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary
code by leveraging knowledge of the kernel id and a crafted page.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3429?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ipython | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 0.12.1+dfsg-0ubuntu1.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3429?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS not affected per bug reporter

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| ipython | * Upstream:   <https://github.com/ipython/ipython/pull/4845> * Debdiff:   <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ipython/+bug/1344854> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3429)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3429)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-3429)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3429)

### Other references

* <https://github.com/ipython/ipython/pull/4845>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3429>