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