Bug 1125937 - ipython: insecure loading of the MathJax library
Summary: ipython: insecure loading of the MathJax library
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Status: NEW
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Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1125939 1125938
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2014-08-01 11:32 UTC by Martin Prpič
Modified: 2019-09-29 13:20 UTC (History)
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Description Martin Prpič 2014-08-01 11:32:05 UTC 
It was reported [1],[2] that when an IPython notebook is used without encryption (that is, running over HTTP instead of HTTPS), the MathJax library is loaded over HTTP. A man-in-the-middle attacker could potentially use this flaw to execute arbitrary code in a local IPython notebook by modifying the loaded MathJax JavaScript code.

This issue is fixed in the upcoming version 2.2 with the patch available at [3].

The report indicates versions 0.12 to 2.1 are vulnerable to this flaw. The version of IPython shipped with EPEL5 (0.8.4) is not vulnerable to this issue as the vulnerable code that loads MathJax is not present.

[1] https://github.com/ipython/ipython/issues/6246
[2] http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/272
[3] https://github.com/ipython/ipython/commit/cf793ebc4f9e8483f104667e4c73748357fa8c56
Comment 1 Martin Prpič 2014-08-01 11:34:31 UTC 
Created ipython tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1125938]
Affects: epel-6 [bug 1125939]
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