USN-5054-1: uWSGI vulnerability
Publication date
30 August 2021
Overview
uWSGI could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.
Releases
Packages
- uwsgi - fast, self-healing application container server
Details
Felix Wilhelm discovered a buffer overflow flaw in the mod_proxy_uwsgi module.
An attacker could use this vulnerability to provoke an information disclosure
or potentially remote code execution.
Felix Wilhelm discovered a buffer overflow flaw in the mod_proxy_uwsgi module.
An attacker could use this vulnerability to provoke an information disclosure
or potentially remote code execution.
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
---|---|---|---|
18.04 bionic | libapache2-mod-uwsgi – 2.0.15-10.2ubuntu2.2 | ||
uwsgi – 2.0.15-10.2ubuntu2.2 | |||
libapache2-mod-proxy-uwsgi – 2.0.15-10.2ubuntu2.2 | |||
libapache2-mod-ruwsgi – 2.0.15-10.2ubuntu2.2 | |||
uwsgi-core – 2.0.15-10.2ubuntu2.2 |
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