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Amazon Linux 2 : mod_wsgi (ALAS-2018-987)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 109140

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

Failure to handle errors when attempting to drop group privileges :

mod_wsgi before 4.2.4 for Apache, when creating a daemon process group, does not properly handle when group privileges cannot be dropped, which might allow attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2014-8583)

Solution

Run 'yum update mod_wsgi' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2018-987.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 109140

File Name: al2_ALAS-2018-987.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/18/2018

Updated: 4/18/2018

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mod_wsgi, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mod_wsgi-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 4/5/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8583

ALAS: 2018-987