CVE-2019-16935

CVE Details

Release Date:

2019-09-28

Description

The documentation XML-RPC server in Python through 2.7.16, 3.x through 3.6.9, and 3.7.x through 3.7.4 has XSS via the server_title field. This occurs in Lib/DocXMLRPCServer.py in Python 2.x, and in Lib/xmlrpc/server.py in Python 3.x. If set_server_title is called with untrusted input, arbitrary JavaScript can be delivered to clients that visit the http URL for this server.

See more information about CVE-2019-16935 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v3.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	6.1	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	None	User Interaction:	Required
Scope:	Changed	Confidentiality Impact:	Low
Integrity Impact:	Low	Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (python)	ELSA-2020-3911	2020-10-06
Oracle Linux version 7 (python3)	ELSA-2020-3888	2020-10-06
Oracle Linux version 8 (python3)	ELSA-2020-4433	2020-11-10

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