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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2014.0829 mod-wsgi security update 28 May 2014 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: mod-wsgi Publisher: Debian Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 6 Debian GNU/Linux 7 UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX) Windows Impact/Access: Increased Privileges -- Existing Account Access Confidential Data -- Remote/Unauthenticated Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2014-0242 CVE-2014-0240 Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2937 Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators running mod-wsgi check for an updated version of the software for their operating system. - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2937-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff May 27, 2014 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : mod-wsgi CVE ID : CVE-2014-0240 CVE-2014-0242 Two security issues have been found in the Python WSGI adapter module for Apache: CVE-2014-0240 Robert Kisteleki discovered a potential privilege escalation in daemon mode. This is not exploitable with the kernel used in Debian 7.0/wheezy. CVE-2014-0242 Buck Golemon discovered that incorect memory handling could lead to information disclosure when processing Content-Type headers. For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in version 3.3-2+deb6u1. For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 3.3-4+deb7u1. For the testing distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 3.5-1. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 3.5-1. We recommend that you upgrade your mod-wsgi packages. Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: http://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJThKJYAAoJEBDCk7bDfE42pQAP/1timmRSoJfdYXoYM/3wCeTH CQGd9/4TmKeZc7bzWeaQfsLYfWgeicS+y3hPuZBMKdr4jX0r40AQ9j2zhiHG+WvM jkpiLfuhvPpRY45Umll4xwRdfORpAr2ZN/H8ebohBOF6PAY4XZfr4tl0AgzqLPc+ s9wvff5vlDI5QBWuqWpXm4NXKlRtANqeTlPK3fvJJecJn74shv1PHpRqAVZzUA4J KYaVrnIZFz5FQm8X2n+1VeAPaZb+UU/otqKdqkUit9lcld2nB6Zq1cqiFGO2sNVU zO3aIj/nsrCJwIS2+3GhNAbjVbh9nz1c3ZAg0WFBr0CbrIHrA7mLIuHW3XYfXPKS vF5JDxf6lnpRaJEEyoVUosm2fk3x/W8D91v4m1u92rgRSUF14nAv9XX745t8aZHn VhzwFCwbaZgy0R2GbThs6rdAkVcKWNucCCX6WrjuEbp0HHCq8yEw7nkjCGY3lMj7 kRB6wm6iRcDIQCmClbLys/7Oq952TV6kLEs9XpD+rsyrHalkxqU/IZOhjwznLE3r rCVZMrzlUPupgob2xnBc/688LnMIcq/UQkJCMqCHo7ER+lvVLoAc9o4yvMF76JSC ZrbromVm51ZMFRuFD6kDjQFxrYBYt/QVAGeRrGCHkES8nm8l0x2g0QS61KXBh8V9 y+bcSiwTu8URJpnL32Ub =wcoD - -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AusCERT. 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