[RHSA-2002:070-06] Updated mod_python packages available

--------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Updated modpython packages available Advisory ID: RHSA-2002:070-06 Issue date: 2002-04-22 Updated on: 2002-05-02 Product: Red Hat Linux Keywords: modpython publisher imported...

mod_python imported modules inderect calls

It's possible to inderectly call unsafe function via imported module...

mod_python < 2.7.8 Module Importing Privilege Function Execution

The remote host is using the Apache modpython module which is version 2.7.6 or older. These versions allow a module which is indirectly imported by a published module to then be accessed via the publisher, which allows remote attackers to call possibly dangerous functions from the imported module...