Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
The mod_wsgi adapter is an Apache module that provides a WSGI-compliant interface for hosting Python-based web applications within Apache.
It was found that mod_wsgi did not properly drop privileges if the call to setuid() failed. If mod_wsgi was set up to allow unprivileged users to run WSGI applications, a local user able to run a WSGI application could possibly use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system.
(CVE-2014-0240)
Note: mod_wsgi is not intended to provide privilege separation for WSGI applications. Systems relying on mod_wsgi to limit or sandbox the privileges of mod_wsgi applications should migrate to a different solution with proper privilege separation.
It was discovered that mod_wsgi could leak memory of a hosted web application via the 'Content-Type' header. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to disclose limited portions of the web application's memory.
(CVE-2014-0242)
Red Hat would like to thank Graham Dumpleton for reporting these issues.
Upstream acknowledges Robert Kisteleki as the original reporter of CVE-2014-0240, and Buck Golemon as the original reporter of CVE-2014-0242.
All mod_wsgi users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches to correct these issues.
Affected
mod_wsgi on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6), Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2014-0240, CVE-2014-0242 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.2
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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