USN-80-1: mod_python vulnerability
USN-80-1: mod_python vulnerability
Referenced CVEs:
CAN-2005-0088
Description:
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-80-1 February 11, 2005
libapache2-mod-python vulnerabilities
CAN-2005-0088
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A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:
Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog)
The following packages are affected:
libapache2-mod-python2.2
libapache2-mod-python2.3
The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to
version 3.1.3-1ubuntu3.2. After a standard system upgrade you need to
restart the Apache 2 web server using
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
to effect the necessary changes.
Details follow:
Graham Dumpleton discovered an information disclosure in the
"publisher" handle of mod_python. By requesting a carefully crafted
URL for a published module page, anybody can obtain extra information
about internal variables, objects, and other information which is not
intended to be visible.
