CVE-2015-5607

IPython (Interactive Python) is a command shell. Cross-site request forgery in the REST API is possible in in IPython 2 and 3. Versions 2.4.1 and 3.2.3 contain patches.

Cross-site request forgery in the REST API in IPython 2 and 3.

JSON error responses from the IPython notebook REST API contained URL parameters and were incorrectly reported as text/html instead of application/json. The error messages included some of these URL params, resulting in a cross site scripting attack (CVE-2015-4707).

POST requests exposed via the IPython REST API are vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (CSRF). Web pages on different domains can make non-AJAX POST requests to known IPython URLs, and IPython will honor them. The user's browser will automatically send IPython cookies along with the requests. The response is blocked by the Same-Origin Policy, but the request isn't (CVE-2015-5607).

The Mageia 5 package has been patched to fix these issues. The Mageia 4 package wasn't vulnerable to CVE-2015-4707, but it has been updated and patched to fix CVE-2015-5607.

Cross-site request forgery in the REST API in IPython 2 and 3.

It was discovered that IPython incorrectly processed REST API POST requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to launch a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack and leak user's sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. (CVE-2015-5607)

It was discovered that IPython did not properly manage cross user temporary files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and Ubuntu 20.04 ESM. (CVE-2022-21699)