[jira] Resolved: (MODPYTHON-135) [SECURITY] A Security Issue with FileSession in 3.2.7

["Jim Gallacher (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MODPYTHON-135?page=all ]
     
Jim Gallacher resolved MODPYTHON-135:
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    Resolution: Fixed

Fix has been ported from 3.2.x to trunk.

> [SECURITY] A Security Issue with FileSession in 3.2.7
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
>          Key: MODPYTHON-135
>          URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MODPYTHON-135
>      Project: mod_python
>         Type: Bug
>   Components: session
>     Versions: 3.2.7
>     Reporter: Graham Dumpleton
>     Assignee: Jim Gallacher
>      Fix For: 3.2.8

>
> As announced on the mailing list:
>   http://www.modpython.org/pipermail/mod_python/2006-February/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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