CVE-2015-5607 IPython vulnerable to cross site request forgery (CSRF)

What is CVE-2015-5607?

CVE-2015-5607 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 20 Sep 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Cross-site request forgery in the REST API in IPython 2 and 3.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-5607?

5 open source packages ship an affected version, including ipython. It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Ipython Ipython.

How do I fix CVE-2015-5607?

Upgrade ipython to a fixed version for your release line: 3.2.1, 2.4.1 or 3.2.3.

Is CVE-2015-5607 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5607 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5607, GHSA-7fc2-rm35-2pp7, PYSEC-2017-47, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5607.