Advisories » MGASA-2015-0372

Updated ipython packages fix CVE-2015-6938

Publication date: 15 Sep 2015
Modification date: 15 Sep 2015
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases : 4 , 5
CVE: CVE-2015-6938

Description

Updated ipython packages fix security vulnerability:

In IPython, local folder name was used in HTML templates without escaping,
allowing XSS in said pages by carefully crafting folder name and URL to access
it (CVE-2015-6938).
                

References

• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16686
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/14/2
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6938

SRPMS

4/core

• ipython-2.3.0-1.2.mga4

5/core

• ipython-2.3.0-2.3.mga5