CVE-2014-0240

Name	CVE-2014-0240
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-2937-1
Debian Bugs	748910

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
mod-wsgi (PTS)	buster	4.6.5-1	fixed
	buster (security)	4.6.5-1+deb10u1	fixed
	bullseye	4.7.1-3+deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm	4.9.4-1	fixed
	sid, trixie	5.0.0-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin	Debian Bugs
mod-wsgi	source	squeeze	3.3-2+deb6u1	DSA-2937-1
mod-wsgi	source	wheezy	3.3-4+deb7u1	DSA-2937-1
mod-wsgi	source	(unstable)	3.5-1		748910

https://github.com/GrahamDumpleton/mod_wsgi/commit/d9d5fea585b23991f76532a9b07de7fcd3b649f4
only when running with linux >= 2.6.0 and < 3.1.0