CVE-2019-16935 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2019-16935: The documentation XML-RPC server in Python through 2.7.16, 3.x through 3.6.9, and 3.7.x through 3.7.4 has XSS via the server_title field. This occurs in Lib/DocXMLRPCServer.py in Python 2.x, and in Lib/xmlrpc/server.py in Python 3.x. If set_server_title is called with untrusted input, arbitrary Java

Affects 8 Linux releases across 9 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2019-16935 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

pypy→ fixed in7.3.2+dfsg-1urgency: low

sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y pypy

python2.7→ fixed in2.7.17~rc1-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y python2.7
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

jython→ fixed in2.7.2+repack1-5urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y jython
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

jython→ fixed in2.7.2+repack1-5urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y jython
```

Alpine v3.20

Source: Alpine secdb

python3→ fixed in3.7.5-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade python3
```

Alpine v3.21

Source: Alpine secdb

python3→ fixed in3.7.5-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade python3
```

Alpine edge

Source: Alpine secdb

python3→ fixed in3.7.5-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade python3
```

Alpine v3.18

Source: Alpine secdb

python3→ fixed in3.7.5-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade python3
```

Alpine v3.19

Source: Alpine secdb

python3→ fixed in3.7.5-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade python3
```

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