Information Exposure Affecting mod-wsgi package, versions <3.4-3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
8.53% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-MODWSGI-337217
  • published27 Jun 2018
  • disclosed9 Dec 2019

Introduced: 27 Jun 2018

CVE-2014-0242  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable mod-wsgi to version 3.4-3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mod-wsgi package and not the mod-wsgi package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

mod_wsgi module before 3.4 for Apache, when used in embedded mode, might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via the Content-Type header which is generated from memory that may have been freed and then overwritten by a separate thread.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1