USN-5054-2: uWSGI vulnerability

3 September 2021

uWSGI could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

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Releases

Packages

  • uwsgi - fast, self-healing application container server

Details

USN-5054-1 fixed a vulnerability in uWSGI for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. This update
provides the corresponding fixes for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory 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.

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04
Ubuntu 14.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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