CVE-2014-0240
N/A
Published: May 27, 2014 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:02 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorModwsgi
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (7)
x_refsource_CONFIRMx_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://blog.dscpl.com.au/2014/05/security-release-for-modwsgi-version-35.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://modwsgi.readthedocs.org/en/latest/release-notes/version-3.5.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0789.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTx_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/21/1Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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