CVE - CVE-2014-0240

CVE-ID
CVE-2014-0240	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:67532 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67532 CONFIRM:http://blog.dscpl.com.au/2014/05/security-release-for-modwsgi-version-35.html CONFIRM:http://modwsgi.readthedocs.org/en/latest/release-notes/version-3.5.html MLIST:[oss-security] 20140521 Security release for mod_wsgi (version 3.5) URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/21/1 REDHAT:RHSA-2014:0789 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0789.html SECUNIA:59551 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/59551 SECUNIA:60094 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/60094
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20131203	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20131203)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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