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GLSA-201412-21 : mod_wsgi: Privilege escalation

high Nessus Plugin ID 79974

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201412-21 (mod_wsgi: Privilege escalation)

 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) 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.

Solution

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

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-21

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 79974

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201412-21.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Published: 12/15/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:mod_wsgi, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/13/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/27/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0240, CVE-2014-0242

BID: 67532, 67534

GLSA: 201412-21