ackle 14/12/13 18:06:23 Added: glsa-201412-21.xml Log: GLSA 201412-21
Revision Changes Path 1.1 xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-201412-21.xml file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-201412-21.xml?rev=1.1&view=markup plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-201412-21.xml?rev=1.1&content-type=text/plain Index: glsa-201412-21.xml =================================================================== <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> <?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd";> <glsa id="201412-21"> <title>mod_wsgi: Privilege escalation</title> <synopsis>Two vulnerabilities have been found in mod_wsgi, the worst of which could result in local privilege escalation. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">mod_wsgi</product> <announced>December 13, 2014</announced> <revised>December 13, 2014: 1</revised> <bug>510938</bug> <access>local, remote</access> <affected> <package name="www-apache/mod_wsgi" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">3.5</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">3.5</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>mod_wsgi is an Apache2 module for running Python WSGI applications.</p> </background> <description> <p>Two vulnerabilities have been found in mod_wsgi:</p> <ul> <li>Error codes returned by setuid are not properly handled (CVE-2014-0240) </li> <li>A memory leak exists via the “Content-Type” header (CVE-2014-0242) </li> </ul> </description> <impact type="high"> <p>A local attacker may be able to gain escalated privileges. Furthermore, a remote attacker may be able to obtain sensitive information. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All mod_wsgi users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apache/mod_wsgi-3.5" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0240";>CVE-2014-0240</uri> <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0242";>CVE-2014-0242</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sat, 14 Jun 2014 02:20:25 +0000"> BlueKnight </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sat, 13 Dec 2014 18:03:56 +0000">ackle</metadata> </glsa>
