Vulnerability in Modwsgi Mod Wsgi
CVE-2014-0240
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.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (32.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 33rd percentile — 32.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Modwsgi Mod Wsgi — versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/59551 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/67532 (vdb-entry)
- modwsgi.readthedocs.org/en/latest/release-notes/version-3.5.html
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/21/1 (mailing-list)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0789.html (vendor-advisory)
- blog.dscpl.com.au/2014/05/security-release-for-modwsgi-version-35.html
- secunia.com/advisories/60094 (third-party-advisory)