Debian Security Advisory
DSA-689-1 libapache-mod-python -- missing input sanitizing
- Date Reported:
- 23 Feb 2005
- Affected Packages:
- libapache-mod-python
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-0088.
- More information:
-
Graham Dumpleton discovered a flaw which can affect anyone using the publisher handle of the Apache Software Foundation's mod_python. The publisher handle lets you publish objects inside modules to make them callable via URL. The flaw allows a carefully crafted URL to obtain extra information that should not be visible (information leak).
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.7.8-0.0woody5.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.7.10-4 of libapache-mod-python and in version 3.1.3-3 of libapache2-mod-python.
We recommend that you upgrade your libapache-mod-python package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-python/libapache-mod-python_2.7.8-0.0woody5.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-python/libapache-mod-python_2.7.8-0.0woody5.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-python/libapache-mod-python_2.7.8.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-python/libapache-mod-python_2.7.8-0.0woody5.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-python/libapache-mod-python_2.7.8-0.0woody5_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-python/libapache-mod-python_2.7.8-0.0woody5_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-python/libapache-mod-python_2.7.8-0.0woody5_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-python/libapache-mod-python_2.7.8-0.0woody5_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-python/libapache-mod-python_2.7.8-0.0woody5_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-python/libapache-mod-python_2.7.8-0.0woody5_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-python/libapache-mod-python_2.7.8-0.0woody5_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-python/libapache-mod-python_2.7.8-0.0woody5_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-python/libapache-mod-python_2.7.8-0.0woody5_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-python/libapache-mod-python_2.7.8-0.0woody5_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-python/libapache-mod-python_2.7.8-0.0woody5_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.