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Status published
Medium
CVE-2014-8583
mod_wsgi before 4.2.4 for Apache, when creating a daemon process...
Vulnerability Description
mod_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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1111034
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68111
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0513.html
- http://modwsgi.readthedocs.org/en/latest/release-notes/version-4.2.4.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/19/7
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-49
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-12/msg00036.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/04/8
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:253
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2431-1
Affected Vendor
modwsgi
View all reports →Affected Software
mod wsgi
Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 16th, 2014
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.