mod_wsgi: Privilege escalation

mod_wsgi: Privilege escalation Two vulnerabilities have been found in mod_wsgi, the worst of which could result in local privilege escalation. mod_wsgi 2014-12-13 2014-12-13 510938 local, remote 3.5 3.5

mod_wsgi is an Apache2 module for running Python WSGI applications.

Two vulnerabilities have been found in mod_wsgi:

Error codes returned by setuid are not properly handled (CVE-2014-0240)
A memory leak exists via the “Content-Type” header (CVE-2014-0242)

A local attacker may be able to gain escalated privileges. Furthermore, a remote attacker may be able to obtain sensitive information.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All mod_wsgi users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apache/mod_wsgi-3.5"

CVE-2014-0240 CVE-2014-0242 BlueKnight ackle