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Ubuntu 5.10 / 6.06 LTS : libapache2-mod-python vulnerability (USN-430-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 28024

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

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.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/430-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 28024

File Name: ubuntu_USN-430-1.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/10/2007

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapache2-mod-python-doc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapache2-mod-python2.4, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapache2-mod-python2.3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapache2-mod-python

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 3/6/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-2680

USN: 430-1