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Message-ID: <4ED3A746.6050407@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:22:46 -0700
From: Kurt Seifried <kseifried@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
CC: Jan Lieskovsky <jlieskov@...hat.com>,
"Steven M. Christey" <coley@...us.mitre.org>,
Leo Iannacone <l3on@...ntu.com>, Colin Watson <cjwatson@...ian.org>
Subject: Re: CVE Request -- ClearSilver (neo_cgi) -- Format
string flaw by processing CGI error messages in Python module
On 11/27/2011 10:21 AM, Jan Lieskovsky wrote:
> Hello Kurt, Steve, vendors,
>
> a format string flaw was found in the Python CGI Kit (neo_cgi)
> module of ClearSilver, a language-neutral HTML templating system,
> processed certain input, leading to Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
> script errors. A remote attacker could provide a specially-crafted
> input, which once processed by an application, using the Python
> language API of ClearSilver neo_cgi module, could lead to that
> particular application crash, or, potentially arbitrary code
> execution with the privileges of the user running the application.
>
> References:
> [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=649322
> [2] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=757542
>
> Patch, proposed by the issue reporter to the Debian Bug Tracking System:
> [3]
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=5;filename=fix-cgi-error-format-security.patch;att=1;bug=649322
>
> Could you allocate a CVE id for this issue?
>
> Thank you && Regards, Jan.
> --
> Jan iankko Lieskovsky / Red Hat Security Response Team
Please use CVE-2011-4357 for this issue.
--
-Kurt Seifried / Red Hat Security Response Team
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