CVE-2014-8583

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-8583
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-12-16 18:59:08 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptionmod_wsgi before 4.2.4 for Apache, when creating a daemon process group, does not properly handle when group privileges cannot be dropped, which might allow attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-254 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Modwsgi Mod Wsgi All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2014:253 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Apache 'mod_wsgi' Module Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Bug 1111034 – CVE-2014-8583 mod_wsgi: failure to handle errors when attempting to drop group privileges af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
oss-security - CVE request: mod_wsgi group privilege dropping [was Re: Security release for mod_wsgi (version 3.5)] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request: mod_wsgi group privilege dropping [was Re: Security release for mod_wsgi (version 3.5)] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
openSUSE-SU-2014:1590-1: moderate: Security update for apache2-mod_wsgi af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0513 - Updated apache-mod_wsgi package fixes security vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org
USN-2431-1: mod_wsgi vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Version 4.2.4 — mod_wsgi 4.4.8 documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 modwsgi.readthedocs.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
mod_wsgi: Privilege escalation (GLSA 201612-49) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
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