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Gentoo: GLSA-201412-21 High: mod_wsgi Local Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey December 13, 2014
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Explore Gentoo GLSA-201412-21 which cautions regarding mod_wsgi security flaws posing threats of local privilege elevation and confidential information exposure.
Two vulnerabilities have been found in mod_wsgi, the worst of which could result in local privilege escalation.

Summary

Two vulnerabilities have been found in mod_wsgi: * Error codes returned by setuid are not properly handled (CVE-2014-0240) * A memory leak exists via the "Content-Type" header (CVE-2014-0242)

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo privilege escalation high local attack mod_wsgi

Resolution

All mod_wsgi users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apache/mod_wsgi-3.5"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-0240 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0240 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-0242 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0242

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-21
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: High
Title: mod_wsgi: Privilege escalation
Date: December 13, 2014
Bugs: #510938
ID: 201412-21

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo privilege escalation high local attack mod_wsgi

Synopsis

Two vulnerabilities have been found in mod_wsgi, the worst of which could result in local privilege escalation.

Background

mod_wsgi is an Apache2 module for running Python WSGI applications.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-apache/mod_wsgi < 3.5 >= 3.5

Impact

===== A local attacker may be able to gain escalated privileges. Furthermore, a remote attacker may be able to obtain sensitive information.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.