CVE-2004-2680

Summary

CVECVE-2004-2680
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercanonical
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptionmod_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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Mod Python All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Apache mod_python Output Filter Mode Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Mailing list archives af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 mail-archives.apache.org
Ubuntu update for modpython - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
USN-430-1: mod_python vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
rPath update for mod_python - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1105 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com
Mailing list archives af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 mail-archives.apache.org
[Apache-SVN] Diff of /httpd/mod_python/trunk/src/filterobject.c af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 svn.apache.org
Mailing list archives af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 mail-archives.apache.org
Bug #89308 “buffer leak in outputfilter” : Bugs : libapache2-mod-python package : Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 launchpad.net Patch
Mailing list archives MITRE mail-archives.apache.org
Mailing list archives MITRE mail-archives.apache.org
Mailing list archives MITRE mail-archives.apache.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2009-05-21Tomas HogerRed Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2004-2680 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/

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