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USN-2222-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0240)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2014-05-26 13:09 – Updated: 2026-02-10 04:40 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
mod-wsgi vulnerabilities
Details

Róbert Kisteleki discovered mod_wsgi incorrectly checked setuid return values. A malicious application could use this issue to cause a local privilege escalation when using daemon mode. (CVE-2014-0240)

Buck Golemon discovered that mod_wsgi used memory that had been freed. A remote attacker could use this issue to read process memory via the Content-Type response header. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-0242)

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      },
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
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            "binary_name": "libapache2-mod-wsgi",
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          },
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "R\u00f3bert Kisteleki discovered mod_wsgi incorrectly checked setuid return\nvalues. A malicious application could use this issue to cause a local\nprivilege escalation when using daemon mode. (CVE-2014-0240)\n\nBuck Golemon discovered that mod_wsgi used memory that had been freed.\nA remote attacker could use this issue to read process memory via the\nContent-Type response header. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.\n(CVE-2014-0242)\n",
  "id": "USN-2222-1",
  "modified": "2026-02-10T04:40:49Z",
  "published": "2014-05-26T13:09:15Z",
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    },
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      "type": "REPORT",
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