UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8583

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8583

    Published: 4 Nov 2014Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-8583
    Aliases:
    USN-2431-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8583, 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://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2431-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8583

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mod-wsgi

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.4-4ubuntu2.1.14.04.2

    Affected versions

    3.4-4

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High