CVE-2014-8583
N/A
Published: December 16, 2014 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:16 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorModwsgi
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (10)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-12/msg00036.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://modwsgi.readthedocs.org/en/latest/release-notes/version-4.2.4.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:253Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/19/7Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/04/8Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-254
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