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Python Resource Management Errors Vulnerability - CVE-2011-1521 - Vulnerability Database
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Python Resource Management Errors Vulnerability - CVE-2011-1521

Medium
Reference: CVE-2011-1521
NVD Link: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1521
Title: Python Resource Management Errors Vulnerability
Overview:

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.