CVE-2014-0240
mod-wsgi - security update
EPSS 0.22%
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.
How to fix CVE-2014-0240
To remediate CVE-2014-0240, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/mod-wsgi—upgrade to 3.5-1 or later
- Debian/mod-wsgi—upgrade to 3.3-2+deb6u1 or later
Is CVE-2014-0240 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 3.5-1
- from 0, < 3.3-2+deb6u1