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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2014-253

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2014-253
Posted Dec 15, 2014
Authored by Mandriva | Site mandriva.com

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2014-253 - It was discovered that mod_wsgi incorrectly handled errors when setting up the working directory and group access rights. A malicious application could possibly use this issue to cause a local privilege escalation when using daemon mode.

tags | advisory, local
systems | linux, mandriva
advisories | CVE-2014-8583
SHA-256 | 8336b360e16f0c2a346262a2b65d82bd0d946e35b938fddd29e48042ef43d491

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2014-253

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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2014:253
http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/
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Package : apache-mod_wsgi
Date : December 15, 2014
Affected: Business Server 1.0
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Problem Description:

Updated apache-mod_wsgi package fixes security vulnerability:

It was discovered that mod_wsgi incorrectly handled errors when
setting up the working directory and group access rights. A malicious
application could possibly use this issue to cause a local privilege
escalation when using daemon mode (CVE-2014-8583).
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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8583
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0513.html
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Updated Packages:

Mandriva Business Server 1/X86_64:
fe423911e6f14b53ebe83e46b7998f78 mbs1/x86_64/apache-mod_wsgi-3.5-1.mbs1.x86_64.rpm
0240843f113d435f1f3ab17cab8db75f mbs1/SRPMS/apache-mod_wsgi-3.5-1.mbs1.src.rpm
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To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the
GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/advisories/

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_(at)_mandriva.com
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
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