| Name | CVE-2015-6938 |
| Description | Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the file browser in notebook/notebookapp.py in IPython Notebook before 3.2.2 and Jupyter Notebook 4.0.x before 4.0.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a folder name. NOTE: this was originally reported as a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability, but this may be inaccurate. |
| 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 | 798886 |
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 | (unstable) | 2.4.1-1 | low | | 798886 |
Notes
[jessie] - ipython <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - ipython <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[squeeze] - ipython <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
Affected versions: 0.12 <= x <= 4.0
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/02/3