CVE-2014-0240 Privilege escalation in n/a

Medium 6.2 Published 27 May 2014 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Local attackers can escalate privileges in Apache mod_wsgi daemon mode due to improper setuid error handling on certain Linux kernels.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2014-0240?

CVE-2014-0240 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 May 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The mod_wsgi module before 3.5 for Apache, when daemon mode is enabled, does not properly handle error codes returned by setuid when run on certain Linux kernels, which allows local users to gain privileges via vectors related to the number of running processes.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-0240?

It affects 1 product.

Linux distribution packages (16)

`mod_wsgi` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client	All versions	`0:3.4-12.el7_0`
`mod_wsgi-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client	All versions	`0:3.4-12.el7_0`
`mod_wsgi` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode	All versions	`0:3.4-12.el7_0`
`mod_wsgi-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode	All versions	`0:3.4-12.el7_0`
`mod_wsgi` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server	All versions	`0:3.4-12.el7_0`
`mod_wsgi-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server	All versions	`0:3.4-12.el7_0`
`mod_wsgi` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation	All versions	`0:3.4-12.el7_0`
`mod_wsgi-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation	All versions	`0:3.4-12.el7_0`
`python27-mod_wsgi` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:1::el6	All versions	`0:3.4-12.el6`
`python27-mod_wsgi-debuginfo` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:1::el6	All versions	`0:3.4-12.el6`
`python33-mod_wsgi` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:1::el6	All versions	`0:3.4-14.el6`
`python33-mod_wsgi-debuginfo` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:1::el6	All versions	`0:3.4-14.el6`
`python27-mod_wsgi` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:1::el7	All versions	`0:3.4-13.el7`
`python27-mod_wsgi-debuginfo` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:1::el7	All versions	`0:3.4-13.el7`
`python33-mod_wsgi` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:1::el7	All versions	`0:3.4-13.el7`
`python33-mod_wsgi-debuginfo` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:1::el7	All versions	`0:3.4-13.el7`

Products include Modwsgi Mod Wsgi.

How do I fix CVE-2014-0240?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2014-0240 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0240 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0240, GHSA-p3r2-mvh7-9pcc, RHSA-2014:0789, RHSA-2014:1091, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0240, openSUSE-SU-2024:10457-1.