Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2015-160 - In IPython before 1.2, the origin of websocket requests was not verified within the IPython notebook server. If an attacker has knowledge of an IPython kernel id they can run arbitrary code on a user's machine when the client visits a crafted malicious page.
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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2015:160
http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/
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Package : ipython
Date : March 29, 2015
Affected: Business Server 2.0
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Problem Description:
Updated ipython package fixes security vulnerability:
In IPython before 1.2, the origin of websocket requests was not
verified within the IPython notebook server. If an attacker has
knowledge of an IPython kernel id they can run arbitrary code on
a user's machine when the client visits a crafted malicious page
(CVE-2014-3429).
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References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3429
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0320.html
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Updated Packages:
Mandriva Business Server 2/X86_64:
74c3f90dc998257d2f9b3213e789ef93 mbs2/x86_64/ipython-1.1.0-3.1.mbs2.noarch.rpm
8506ea9a865d5ca6a81197e95e06befb mbs2/SRPMS/ipython-1.1.0-3.1.mbs2.src.rpm
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
<security*mandriva.com>
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