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Fedora 23: 2015-15467 Moderate: ipython XSS Vulnerability Patch

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Fedora 22 now incorporates an upstream patch for ipython that resolves a crucial XSS vulnerability. Ensure to install through yum to bolster system security.
Add upstream patch to fix XSS vulnerability (bug #1259405)

Summary

IPython provides a replacement for the interactive Python interpreter with

extra functionality.

Main features:

* Comprehensive object introspection.

* Input history, persistent across sessions.

* Caching of output results during a session with automatically generated

references.

* Readline based name completion.

* Extensible system of 'magic' commands for controlling the environment and

performing many tasks related either to IPython or the operating system.

* Configuration system with easy switching between different setups (simpler

than changing $PYTHONSTARTUP environment variables every time).

* Session logging and reloading.

* Extensible syntax processing for special purpose situations.

* Access to the system shell with user-extensible alias system.

* Easily embeddable in other Python programs.

* Integrated access to the pdb debugger and the Python profiler.

Update Information:

Add upstream patch to fix XSS vulnerability (bug #1259405)

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update fedora bug fix xss ipython

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1259405 - CVE-2015-6938 ipython: XSS via local folder name https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259405

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update ipython' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

Name: ipython
Product: Fedora 22
Version: 2.4.1
Release: 8.fc22
URL: https://ipython.org/
Summary: An enhanced interactive Python shell

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update fedora bug fix xss ipython

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