USN-2431-1

It was discovered that mod_wsgi incorrectly handled errors when setting up the working directory and group access rights. A malicious application could possibly use this issue to cause a local privilege escalation when using daemon mode.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / mod-wsgi

Package

Name: mod-wsgi
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/mod-wsgi@3.4-4ubuntu2.1.14.04.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

3.4-4ubuntu2.1.14.04.2

Affected versions

3.*

3.4-4

3.4-4build1

3.4-4ubuntu1

3.4-4ubuntu2

3.4-4ubuntu2.1.14.04.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4-4ubuntu2.1.14.04.2",
            "binary_name": "libapache2-mod-wsgi"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4-4ubuntu2.1.14.04.2",
            "binary_name": "libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2014-8583"
        }
    ]
}