Issued:
2013-01-07
Updated:
2013-01-07

RHBA-2012:1113 - mod_python bug fix update


Synopsis

mod_python bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated mod_python packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The mod_python packages provide a module to embed the Python language interpreter within the Apache web server, allowing handlers to be written in Python.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Prior to this update, the publisher module did not correctly handle certain authentication variables. As a consequence, the web server could return an "400 Bad Request" error if the "publisher" handler was used with an authentication scheme other than "Basic". This update modifies the publisher.py code to handle the autentication as expected. (BZ#431684)

All users of mod_python are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386

Updated Packages

  • mod_python-3.2.8-4.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • mod_python-debuginfo-3.2.8-4.el5.ia64.rpm
  • mod_python-3.2.8-4.el5.ia64.rpm
  • mod_python-debuginfo-3.2.8-4.el5.i386.rpm
  • mod_python-3.2.8-4.el5.ppc.rpm
  • mod_python-debuginfo-3.2.8-4.el5.ppc.rpm
  • mod_python-3.2.8-4.el5.src.rpm
  • mod_python-debuginfo-3.2.8-4.el5.s390x.rpm
  • mod_python-debuginfo-3.2.8-4.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • mod_python-3.2.8-4.el5.i386.rpm
  • mod_python-3.2.8-4.el5.s390x.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)


Additional information