FKIE_CVE-2014-0240

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-05-27 14:55 - Updated: 2025-04-12 10:46
Severity ?
Summary
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
secalert@redhat.comhttp://blog.dscpl.com.au/2014/05/security-release-for-modwsgi-version-35.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://modwsgi.readthedocs.org/en/latest/release-notes/version-3.5.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0789.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/59551
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/60094
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/21/1
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67532
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://blog.dscpl.com.au/2014/05/security-release-for-modwsgi-version-35.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://modwsgi.readthedocs.org/en/latest/release-notes/version-3.5.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0789.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/59551
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/60094
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/21/1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67532
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
modwsgi mod_wsgi *
modwsgi mod_wsgi 1.0
modwsgi mod_wsgi 1.1
modwsgi mod_wsgi 1.2
modwsgi mod_wsgi 1.3
modwsgi mod_wsgi 1.4
modwsgi mod_wsgi 1.5
modwsgi mod_wsgi 1.6
modwsgi mod_wsgi 2.0
modwsgi mod_wsgi 2.1
modwsgi mod_wsgi 2.2
modwsgi mod_wsgi 2.3
modwsgi mod_wsgi 2.4
modwsgi mod_wsgi 2.5
modwsgi mod_wsgi 2.6
modwsgi mod_wsgi 2.7
modwsgi mod_wsgi 2.8
modwsgi mod_wsgi 3.0
modwsgi mod_wsgi 3.1
modwsgi mod_wsgi 3.2
modwsgi mod_wsgi 3.3
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