[SECURITY] [DSA 452-1] New libapache-mod-python packages fix denial of service

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Debian Security Advisory DSA 452-1 [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/ Matt Zimmerman
February 29th, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq

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Package : libapache-mod-python
Vulnerability : denial of service
Problem-Type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id : CAN-2003-0973
Debian bug : 222828

The Apache Software Foundation announced that some versions of
mod_python contain a bug which, when processing a request with a
malformed query string, could cause the corresponding Apache child to
crash. This bug could be exploited by a remote attacker to cause a
denial of service.

For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been
fixed in version 2:2.7.8-0.0woody2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2:2.7.10-1.

We recommend that you update your libapache-mod-python package.

Upgrade Instructions

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wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody

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Source archives:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-python/libapache-mod-python_2.7.8-0.0woody2.dsc
  Size/MD5 checksum:      715 3f6bd19f154109251e7ee9b8db73ebfb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-python/libapache-mod-python_2.7.8-0.0woody2.diff.gz
  Size/MD5 checksum:     7564 bad7102a98f242d28ff3736e4e971fe5
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-python/libapache-mod-python_2.7.8.orig.tar.gz
  Size/MD5 checksum:   176639 4d5bee8317bfb45a3bb09f02b435e917

Alpha architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-python/libapache-mod-python_2.7.8-0.0woody2_alpha.deb
  Size/MD5 checksum:   120032 20e1ba89516235ec67df12f8a0236198

ARM architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-python/libapache-mod-python_2.7.8-0.0woody2_arm.deb
  Size/MD5 checksum:   117906 64b6fbcbe483dc388f5cb4e75fa63610

Intel IA-32 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-python/libapache-mod-python_2.7.8-0.0woody2_i386.deb
  Size/MD5 checksum:   117296 e2ab69380e7e9451ab454605cb1d3e34

Intel IA-64 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-python/libapache-mod-python_2.7.8-0.0woody2_ia64.deb
  Size/MD5 checksum:   131076 cea1f9dca578ba7e4cac7a7bc8638829

HP Precision architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-python/libapache-mod-python_2.7.8-0.0woody2_hppa.deb
  Size/MD5 checksum:   119784 fcfe4d4ddbdbf29255a51eee77c10422

Motorola 680x0 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-python/libapache-mod-python_2.7.8-0.0woody2_m68k.deb
  Size/MD5 checksum:   118270 dff9473d327a981959831c9a08a48053

Big endian MIPS architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-python/libapache-mod-python_2.7.8-0.0woody2_mips.deb
  Size/MD5 checksum:   117288 0d51ab71f85b5d93b23f593be4e8e7e6

Little endian MIPS architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-python/libapache-mod-python_2.7.8-0.0woody2_mipsel.deb
  Size/MD5 checksum:   117018 52d9bca3ae178e68ef20b64dfb6b96a9

PowerPC architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-python/libapache-mod-python_2.7.8-0.0woody2_powerpc.deb
  Size/MD5 checksum:   118232 6a42f9f8f923837788b586c711a6fa6b

IBM S/390 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-python/libapache-mod-python_2.7.8-0.0woody2_s390.deb
  Size/MD5 checksum:   119002 f13e42b816e93b5c6533df6b8c0aa597

Sun Sparc architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-python/libapache-mod-python_2.7.8-0.0woody2_sparc.deb
  Size/MD5 checksum:   118176 23da855358f4b8cff799a9478c8e2d81

These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next revision.

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