CVEs-PoC/2011/CVE-2011-1521.md

CVE-2011-1521

Description

The urllib and urllib2 modules in Python 2.x before 2.7.2 and 3.x before 3.2.1 process Location headers that specify redirection to file: URLs, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a crafted URL, as demonstrated by the file:///etc/passwd and file:///dev/zero URLs.

POC

Reference

• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1592-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2

Github

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