CVE-2014-8583
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 34.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-12-16 18:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 13:25Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-11-04
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 3cbbda79bc0137527260691950fe730cc6dcefedcd30933dfb7ccb95c289e53c
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1111034
- www.securityfocus.com68111http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68111
- advisories.mageia.orghttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0513.html
- modwsgi.readthedocs.orghttp://modwsgi.readthedocs.org/en/latest/release-notes/version-4.2.4.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20140619 CVE request: mod_wsgi group privilege dropping [was Re: Security release for mod_wsgi (version 3.5)]http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/19/7
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201612-49https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-49
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:1590http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-12/msg00036.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20141104 Re: CVE request: mod_wsgi group privilege dropping [was Re: Security release for mod_wsgi (version 3.5)]http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/04/8
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2014:253http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:253
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2431-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2431-1
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- mod-wsgi Fixed in 4.2.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- mod-wsgi Fixed in 4.2.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- mod-wsgi Fixed in 4.2.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- mod-wsgi Fixed in 3.4-4ubuntu2.1.14.04.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.