GLSA 201612-49: mod_wsgi: Privilege escalation

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Severity:	normal
Title:	mod_wsgi: Privilege escalation
Date:	12/30/2016
Bugs:	#536270
ID:	201612-49

Synopsis

A vulnerability in mod_wsgi could lead to privilege escalation.

Background

mod_wsgi is an Apache2 module for running Python WSGI applications.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
www-apache/mod_wsgi	< 4.3.0	>= 4.3.0	All supported architectures

Description

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.

Resolution

All mod_wsgi users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apache/mod_wsgi-4.3.0"

References

CVE-2014-8583

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201612-49.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.