CVE-2005-0089

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-05-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The SimpleXMLRPCServer library module in Python 2.2, 2.3 before 2.3.5, and 2.4, when used by XML-RPC servers that use the register_instance method to register an object without a _dispatch method, allows remote attackers to read or modify globals of the associated module, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via dotted attributes.

Affected products

Python: before 2.3.5; 2.4.0 — fixed in 2.3.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Python 2.3.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110746469728728&w=2
http://python.org/security/PSF-2005-001/patch-2.2.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/14128
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013083
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-666
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:035
http://www.python.org/security/PSF-2005-001/
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-108.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12437
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0003/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19217
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9811

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