vulnerability

Ubuntu: USN-5953-1 (CVE-2015-5607): IPython vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Sep 20, 2017
Added
Mar 22, 2023
Modified
Aug 18, 2025

Description

It was discovered that IPython incorrectly processed REST API POST requests.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to launch a cross-site request
forgery (CSRF) attack and leak user's sensitive information. This issue
only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. (CVE-2015-5607)

It was discovered that IPython did not properly manage cross user temporary
files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary
code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and Ubuntu 20.04 ESM.
(CVE-2022-21699)

Solutions

ubuntu-pro-upgrade-ipythonubuntu-pro-upgrade-ipython-notebookubuntu-pro-upgrade-ipython-notebook-commonubuntu-pro-upgrade-ipython3ubuntu-pro-upgrade-ipython3-notebook
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