UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6938

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-6938
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6938.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6938
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:43:16Z
Published
2015-09-21T19:59:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:33:19.916963Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / ipython

Package

Name
ipython
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ipython@2.4.1-1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.1-1

Affected versions

2.*

2.3.0-2ubuntu1
2.3.0-2ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.4.1-1",
            "binary_name": "ipython"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.4.1-1",
            "binary_name": "ipython-doc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.4.1-1",
            "binary_name": "ipython-notebook"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.4.1-1",
            "binary_name": "ipython-notebook-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.4.1-1",
            "binary_name": "ipython-qtconsole"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.4.1-1",
            "binary_name": "ipython3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.4.1-1",
            "binary_name": "ipython3-notebook"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.4.1-1",
            "binary_name": "ipython3-qtconsole"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / ipython

Package

Name
ipython
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ipython@5.5.0-1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.5.0-1

Affected versions

5.*

5.1.0-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "5.5.0-1",
            "binary_name": "ipython"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.5.0-1",
            "binary_name": "ipython3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.5.0-1",
            "binary_name": "python-ipython"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.5.0-1",
            "binary_name": "python-ipython-doc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.5.0-1",
            "binary_name": "python3-ipython"
        }
    ]
}