CVE-2004-2680 Information

Description

mod_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.

Reference

http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/httpd-python-dev/200404.mbox/3c6DCA8C14-8FFA-11D8-8B4E-000A95B0D772@pixar.com3e http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/httpd-python-dev/200404.mbox/3cCD485B27-8F3E-11D8-934B-000A95B0D772@pixar.com3e http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/httpd-python-dev/200404.mbox/3cEB279100-9000-11D8-8B4E-000A95B0D772@pixar.com3e http://secunia.com/advisories/24418 http://secunia.com/advisories/24424 http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/mod_python/trunk/src/filterobject.c?r1=102649&r2=103561&pathrev=103561 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/462185/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22849 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-430-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0846 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14751 https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1105 https://launchpad.net/bugs/89308