Vulnerability CVE-2014-0240
Published: 2014-05-27

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.

Type:

CWE-264

 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.2/10
10/10
1.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
High
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Modwsgi -> Mod wsgi 

 References:
http://blog.dscpl.com.au/2014/05/security-release-for-modwsgi-version-35.html
http://modwsgi.readthedocs.org/en/latest/release-notes/version-3.5.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0789.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/59551
http://secunia.com/advisories/60094
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/21/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67532
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