{"id":"USN-2222-1","summary":"mod-wsgi vulnerabilities","details":"Róbert 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","modified":"2026-02-10T04:40:49Z","published":"2014-05-26T13:09:15Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0240"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-0240","CVE-2014-0242","UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0240","UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0242"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2222-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0240"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0242"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"mod-wsgi","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/mod-wsgi@3.4-4ubuntu2.1.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.4-4ubuntu2.1.14.04.1"}]}],"versions":["3.4-4","3.4-4build1","3.4-4ubuntu1","3.4-4ubuntu2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"3.4-4ubuntu2.1.14.04.1","binary_name":"libapache2-mod-wsgi"},{"binary_version":"3.4-4ubuntu2.1.14.04.1","binary_name":"libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2222-1.json","cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2014-0240","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}]}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}