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GLSA-201612-49 : mod_wsgi: Privilege escalation

medium Nessus Plugin ID 96224

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201612-49 (mod_wsgi: Privilege escalation)

 mod_wsgi, when creating a daemon process group, does not properly handle dropping group privileges.
 Impact :

 Context-dependent attackers could escalate privileges due to the improper handling of group privileges.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All mod_wsgi users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-apache/mod_wsgi-4.3.0'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-49

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 96224

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201612-49.nasl

Version: 3.2

Type: local

Published: 1/3/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: 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:gentoo:linux:mod_wsgi, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 12/30/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8583

GLSA: 201612-49