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Category:  Application (Generic)  >  mod_python Vendors:  Apache Software Foundation
Apache mod_python Publisher Handler Discloses Information to Remote Users
SecurityTracker Alert ID:  1013156
SecurityTracker URL:  http://securitytracker.com/id?1013156
CVE Reference:  CAN-2005-0088   (Links to External Site)
Date:  Feb 11 2005
Impact:  Disclosure of system information, Disclosure of user information
Description:  A vulnerability was reported in mod_python in the publisher handler. A remote user may be able to view certain python objects.

A remote user can submit a specially crafted URL to view the names and values of variables in a published module, as well as the installation path of the module.

The vulnerability resides in 'publisher.py'.

Graham Dumpleton discovered this flaw.

Impact:  A remote user may be able to access potentially sensitive information.
Solution:  No solution was available at the time of this entry.
Vendor URL:  www.modpython.org/ (Links to External Site)
Cause:  Access control error
Underlying OS:  Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)

Message History:   This archive entry has one or more follow-up message(s) listed below.
Feb 11 2005 (Red Hat Issues Fix) Apache mod_python Publisher Handler Discloses Information to Remote Users   (bugzilla@redhat.com)
Red Hat has released a fix.
Feb 14 2005 (Gentoo Issues Fix) Apache mod_python Publisher Handler Discloses Information to Remote Users   (Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen <jaervosz@gentoo.org>)
Gentoo has released a fix.
Feb 15 2005 (Red Hat Issues Fix) Apache mod_python Publisher Handler Discloses Information to Remote Users   (bugzilla@redhat.com)
Red Hat has released a fix.
Feb 23 2005 (Debian Issues Fix) Apache mod_python Publisher Handler Discloses Information to Remote Users   (joey@infodrom.org (Martin Schulze))
Debian has released a fix.



 Source Message Contents

Date:  Fri, 11 Feb 2005 01:07:39 -0500
Subject:  [none]

 
 
CVE: CAN-2005-0088
 
A vulnerability was reported in mod_python.  A remote user may be able to view certain python objects
. A remote user can submit a specially crafted URL to view the information. Graham Dumpleton discovered this flaw.


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