CVE-2014-8583

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.9
Exploit probability—
ProductModwsgi Mod Wsgi
PublishedDec 16, 2014
First seenDec 16, 2014

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
modwsgi mod_wsgiv ≤ 4.2.4—

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