Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120574
Category:	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
Title:	Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2014-375)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'mod24_wsgi' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2014-375 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'mod24_wsgi' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2014-375 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: It was found that mod_wsgi did not properly drop privileges if the call to setuid() failed. If mod_wsgi was set up to allow unprivileged users to run WSGI applications, a local user able to run a WSGI application could possibly use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system. Note: mod_wsgi is not intended to provide privilege separation for WSGI applications. Systems relying on mod_wsgi to limit or sandbox the privileges of mod_wsgi applications should migrate to a different solution with proper privilege separation. mod_wsgi allows you to host Python applications on the Apache HTTP Server. It was found that a remote attacker could leak portions of a mod_wsgi application's memory via the Content-Type header. Affected Software/OS: 'mod24_wsgi' package(s) on Amazon Linux. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 6.2 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-0240 BugTraq ID: 67532 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67532 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/21/1 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2014:0789 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0789.html http://secunia.com/advisories/59551 http://secunia.com/advisories/60094 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-0242 http://blog.dscpl.com.au/2014/05/security-release-for-modwsgi-version-35.html http://modwsgi.readthedocs.org/en/latest/release-notes/version-3.4.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67534
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