USN-2222-1: mod_wsgi vulnerabilities

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2222-1

26th May, 2014

mod-wsgi vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS


• Ubuntu 13.10


• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary

mod_wsgi could be made to run programs as an administrator if it executes a specially crafted file. mod_wsgi could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

Software description

• mod-wsgi - Python WSGI adapter module for Apache

Details

Róbert Kisteleki discovered mod_wsgi incorrectly checked setuid return

values. A malicious application could use this issue to cause a local

privilege escalation when using daemon mode. (CVE-2014-0240)

Buck Golemon discovered that mod_wsgi used memory that had been freed.

A remote attacker could use this issue to read process memory via the

Content-Type response header. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.

(CVE-2014-0242)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:

libapache2-mod-wsgi 3.4-4ubuntu2.1.14.04.1

libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3 3.4-4ubuntu2.1.14.04.1

Ubuntu 13.10:

libapache2-mod-wsgi 3.4-4ubuntu2.1.13.10.1

libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3 3.4-4ubuntu2.1.13.10.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:

libapache2-mod-wsgi 3.3-4ubuntu0.1

libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3 3.3-4ubuntu0.1

To update your system, please follow these instructions: http://bit.ly/1aJDvTw.

After a standard system update you need to restart apache2 to make

all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2014-0240, CVE-2014-0242

via Ubuntu Security Notices http://bit.ly/1np9dxG