| Name | CVE-2015-4707 |
| Description | Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in IPython before 3.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving JSON error messages and the /api/notebooks path. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 789824 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| ipython (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.3.0-2+deb8u1 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 5.1.0-3+deb9u1 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 5.8.0-1+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 7.20.0-1+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 8.5.0-4 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 8.20.0-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| ipython | source | squeeze | (not affected) | | | |
| ipython | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| ipython | source | (unstable) | 2.4.1-1 | | | 789824 |
Notes
[jessie] - ipython <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - ipython <not-affected> (Problematic code introduced in rel-2.0.0)
[squeeze] - ipython <not-affected> (Problematic code introduced in rel-2.0.0)
https://github.com/ipython/ipython/commit/1fcc9943c000ab553ebc029db99ecbd0536960d6
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/22/4