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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2768-1 uwsgi -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

02 Oct 2021

Affected Packages:

uwsgi

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2021-36160.

More information:

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).

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.

For the detailed security status of uwsgi please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/uwsgi

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS