CVE-2011-4940

Name	CVE-2011-4940
Description	The list_directory function in Lib/SimpleHTTPServer.py in SimpleHTTPServer in Python before 2.5.6c1, 2.6.x before 2.6.7 rc2, and 2.7.x before 2.7.2 does not place a charset parameter in the Content-Type HTTP header, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks against Internet Explorer 7 via UTF-7 encoding.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-25-1
Debian Bugs	664135

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
python2.7 (PTS)	buster	2.7.16-2+deb10u1	fixed
	buster (security)	2.7.16-2+deb10u4	fixed
	bullseye	2.7.18-8+deb11u1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
python2.5	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)	unimportant
python2.6	source	squeeze	2.6.6-8+deb6u1		DLA-25-1
python2.6	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)	unimportant		664135
python2.7	source	(unstable)	2.7.2-8	unimportant

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/14/11
This only affects IE7, which is inherently insecure anyway