CVE-2014-8583

Summary

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.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• n/a

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional 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

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

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