CVE-2014-0240

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-0240
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-05-27 14:55:12 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Modwsgi Mod Wsgi 1.0 All All All
Application Modwsgi Mod Wsgi 1.1 All All All
Application Modwsgi Mod Wsgi 1.2 All All All
Application Modwsgi Mod Wsgi 1.3 All All All
Application Modwsgi Mod Wsgi 1.4 All All All
Application Modwsgi Mod Wsgi 1.5 All All All
Application Modwsgi Mod Wsgi 1.6 All All All
Application Modwsgi Mod Wsgi 2.0 All All All
Application Modwsgi Mod Wsgi 2.1 All All All
Application Modwsgi Mod Wsgi 2.2 All All All
Application Modwsgi Mod Wsgi 2.3 All All All
Application Modwsgi Mod Wsgi 2.4 All All All
Application Modwsgi Mod Wsgi 2.5 All All All
Application Modwsgi Mod Wsgi 2.6 All All All
Application Modwsgi Mod Wsgi 2.7 All All All
Application Modwsgi Mod Wsgi 2.8 All All All
Application Modwsgi Mod Wsgi 3.0 All All All
Application Modwsgi Mod Wsgi 3.1 All All All
Application Modwsgi Mod Wsgi 3.2 All All All
Application Modwsgi Mod Wsgi 3.3 All All All
Application Modwsgi Mod Wsgi All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Graham Dumpleton: Security release for mod_wsgi (version 3.5). af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.dscpl.com.au
Apache 'mod_wsgi' Module Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Security Advisory SA60094 - Red Hat update for mod_wsgi - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Version 3.5 — mod_wsgi 4.4.5 documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 modwsgi.readthedocs.org
Security Advisory SA59551 - Red Hat update for python27-mod_wsgi and python33-mod_wsgi - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
oss-security - Security release for mod_wsgi (version 3.5) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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