| Jim Gallacher (JIRA) 2006-02-25, 5:49 pm |
| [ http://issues.apache.org/jira/brows...ON-135?page=all ]
Jim Gallacher reassigned MODPYTHON-135:
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Assign To: Jim Gallacher
> [SECURITY] A Security Issue with FileSession in 3.2.7
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> Key: MODPYTHON-135
> URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MODPYTHON-135
> Project: mod_python
> Type: Bug
> Components: session
> Versions: 3.2
> Reporter: Graham Dumpleton
> Assignee: Jim Gallacher
>
> As announced on the mailing list:
> http://www.modpython.org/pipermail/...ary/020284.html
> If you are using the recently released mod_python 3.2.7 please beware that a
> security issue was discovered in the FileSession code.
> You are vulnerable only if you are using mod_python 3.2.7 AND you are using
> FileSession to keep sessions. FileSession is new in 3.2.7 and is not enabled by
> default, therefore if you are using mod_python Session in its default
> configuration you are not vulnerable.
> The extent of this vulnerability is limited. Only a user who already has an
> account (or some ability to write to the filesystem) on the system running
> httpd could exploit it, and to the best of our knowledge such a user could
> potentially cause httpd to execute arbitrary code.
> We are working on a security release of the next version of mod_python and
> expect it to be out shortly. Until then, please do not use FileSession.
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