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CVE-2005-0089

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2005-02-03	python -- SimpleXMLRPCServer.py allows unrestricted traversal

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CVE-2005-0089 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2005-0089
Phase	Assigned(20050118)

Description

The SimpleXMLRPCServer library module in Python 2.2, 2.3 before 2.3.5, and 2.4, when used by XML-RPC servers that use the register_instance method to register an object without a _dispatch method, allows remote attackers to read or modify globals of the associated module, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via dotted attributes.

References

Source	Reference
BUGTRAQ	20050203 Python Security Advisory PSF-2005-001 - SimpleXMLRPCServer.py
CONFIRM	http://www.python.org/security/PSF-2005-001/
CONFIRM	http://python.org/security/PSF-2005-001/patch-2.2.txt
DEBIAN	DSA-666
MANDRAKE	MDKSA-2005:035
REDHAT	RHSA-2005:108
TRUSTIX	2005-0003
BID	12437
OVAL	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9811
SECTRACK	1013083
SECUNIA	14128
XF	python-simplexmlrpcserver-bypass(19217)