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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.702937
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2937-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'mod-wsgi' package(s) announced via the DSA-2937-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'mod-wsgi' package(s) announced via the DSA-2937-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Two security issues have been found in the Python WSGI adapter module for Apache:

CVE-2014-0240

Robert Kisteleki discovered a potential privilege escalation in daemon mode. This is not exploitable with the kernel used in Debian 7.0/wheezy.

CVE-2014-0242

Buck Golemon discovered that incorrect memory handling could lead to information disclosure when processing Content-Type headers.

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in version 3.3-2+deb6u1.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 3.3-4+deb7u1.

For the testing distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 3.5-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 3.5-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your mod-wsgi packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'mod-wsgi' package(s) on Debian 6, Debian 7.

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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