vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2018-7490): uwsgi vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Feb 26, 2018 | Nov 19, 2024 | Apr 16, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Feb 26, 2018
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Apr 16, 2026
Description
uWSGI before 2.0.17 mishandles a DOCUMENT_ROOT check during use of the --php-docroot option, allowing directory traversal.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-uwsgi
References
- CVE-2018-7490
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2018-7490
- CWE-22
- DEBIAN-DSA-4142
- EUVD-EUVD-2018-0145
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2018-0145
- https://github.com/unbit/uwsgi/commit/0a480f435ea6feb63deb410ad2bf376ed3f05f8a
- https://uwsgi-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Changelog-2.0.17.html
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-7490
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