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Debian Security Advisory DSA 4142-1 (uwsgi - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Marios Nicolaides discovered that the PHP plugin in uWSGI, a fast, self-healing application container server, does not properly handle a DOCUMENT_ROOT check during use of the --php-docroot option, allowing a remote attacker to mount a directory traversal attack and gain unauthorized read access to sensitive files located outside of the web root directory.
Affected Software
Affected Software
uwsgi on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.7-1+deb8u2. This update additionally includes the fix for CVE-2018-6758 which was aimed to be addressed in the upcoming jessie point release. For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.14+20161117-3+deb9u2. We recommend that you upgrade your uwsgi packages. For the detailed security status of uwsgi please refer to its security tracker page linked in the references.