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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS USN-5054-1 Moderate: Risk of uWSGI Crashes Identified

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uWSGI could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5054-1
August 30, 2021

uwsgi vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Summary:

uWSGI could be made to crash if it received specially crafted
input.

Software Description:
- uwsgi: fast, self-healing application container server

Details:

Felix Wilhelm discovered a buffer overflow flaw in the mod_proxy_uwsgi module.
An attacker could use this vulnerability to provoke an information disclosure
or potentially remote code execution.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  libapache2-mod-proxy-uwsgi      2.0.15-10.2ubuntu2.2
  libapache2-mod-ruwsgi           2.0.15-10.2ubuntu2.2
  libapache2-mod-uwsgi            2.0.15-10.2ubuntu2.2
  uwsgi                           2.0.15-10.2ubuntu2.2
  uwsgi-core                      2.0.15-10.2ubuntu2.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5054-1
  CVE-2020-11984

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/uwsgi/2.0.15-10.2ubuntu2.2

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS USN-5054-1 Moderate: Risk of uWSGI Crashes Identified

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Calendar Grey August 30, 2021
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Recently, Security Alert USN-5054-1 exposes a severe vulnerability in uWSGI, which could lead to system instability and exploitation through specially designed input.
uWSGI could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: libapache2-mod-proxy-uwsgi 2.0.15-10.2ubuntu2.2 libapache2-mod-ruwsgi 2.0.15-10.2ubuntu2.2 libapache2-mod-uwsgi 2.0.15-10.2ubuntu2.2 uwsgi 2.0.15-10.2ubuntu2.2 uwsgi-core 2.0.15-10.2ubuntu2.2 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5054-1

CVE-2020-11984

August 30, 2021

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/uwsgi/2.0.15-10.2ubuntu2.2

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