UBUNTU-CVE-2021-40978

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-40978
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-40978.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-40978
Withdrawn
2025-06-23T15:54:06Z
Published
2021-10-07T14:15:00Z
Modified
2021-10-07T14:15:00Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

** DISPUTED ** The mkdocs 1.2.2 built-in dev-server allows directory traversal using the port 8000, enabling remote exploitation to obtain :sensitive information. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this as described in https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/issues/2601.] and https://github.com/nisdn/CVE-2021-40978/issues/1.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / python-mkdocs

Package

Name
python-mkdocs
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-mkdocs

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.11.1-3
0.14.0-1ubuntu1
0.14.0-1ubuntu2

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-40978.json"