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Debian LTS: Security Advisory for uwsgi (DLA-2768-1)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Debian Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
2 years ago
Modified
Modified
2 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update for the 'uwsgi' package(s) announced via the DLA-2768-1 advisory.
Insight
Insight
It was discovered that the uwsgi proxy module for Apache2 (mod_proxy_uwsgi) can read above the allocated memory when processing a request with a carefully crafted uri-path. An attacker may cause the server to crash (DoS).
Affected Software
Affected Software
'uwsgi' package(s) on Debian Linux.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.14+20161117-3+deb9u4. We recommend that you upgrade your uwsgi packages.