CVE-2014-0240

Publication date 23 May 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
mod-wsgi	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 3.4-4ubuntu2.1.14.04.1
	13.10 saucy	Fixed 3.4-4ubuntu2.1.13.10.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 3.3-4ubuntu0.1
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored end of life

Notes

mdeslaur

from upstream: The issue is believed to affect Linux systems running kernel versions >= 2.6.0 and < 3.1.0.

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
mod-wsgi	Upstream: d9d5fea

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)