mod_python (libapache2-mod-python) 3.1.4 and earlier does not properly handle when output filters process more than 16384 bytes, which can cause filter.read to return portions of previously freed memory.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability that has been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - mod_python arbitrary data disclosure flaw (CVE-2004-2680)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

This update fixes a buffer overflow in apache2-mod_python that occurs while using python-based output-filter. This bug can be triggered remotely to read possibly confidential data from the process space of the web-server and in rare cases to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2004-2680)

Miles Egan discovered that mod_python, when used in output filter mode, did not handle output larger than 16384 bytes, and would display freed memory, possibly disclosing private data. Thanks to Jim Garrison of the Software Freedom Law Center for identifying the original bug as a security vulnerability.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
198944	RHEL 4 : mod_python (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
41153	SuSE9 Security Update : apache2-mod_python (YOU Patch Number 11804)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
29879	openSUSE 10 Security Update : apache2-mod_python (apache2-mod_python-4448)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
29380	SuSE 10 Security Update : apache2-mod_python (ZYPP Patch Number 4449)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
28024	Ubuntu 5.10 / 6.06 LTS : libapache2-mod-python vulnerability (USN-430-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium

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CVE-2004-2680

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