CVE-2014-0240

critical

Description

The mod_wsgi module before 3.5 for Apache, when daemon mode is enabled, does not properly handle error codes returned by setuid when run on certain Linux kernels, which allows local users to gain privileges via vectors related to the number of running processes.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67532

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/21/1

http://secunia.com/advisories/60094

http://secunia.com/advisories/59551

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0789.html

http://modwsgi.readthedocs.org/en/latest/release-notes/version-3.5.html

http://blog.dscpl.com.au/2014/05/security-release-for-modwsgi-version-35.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-05-27

Updated: 2017-12-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical