{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8583","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.","modified":"2026-02-04T04:39:12.755833Z","published":"2014-11-04T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-2431-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-8583"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8583"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://modwsgi.readthedocs.org/en/latest/release-notes/version-4.2.4.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/19/7"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2431-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8583"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"mod-wsgi","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/mod-wsgi@3.4-4ubuntu2.1.14.04.2?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.4-4ubuntu2.1.14.04.2"}]}],"versions":["3.4-4","3.4-4build1","3.4-4ubuntu1","3.4-4ubuntu2","3.4-4ubuntu2.1.14.04.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"libapache2-mod-wsgi","binary_version":"3.4-4ubuntu2.1.14.04.2"},{"binary_name":"libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3","binary_version":"3.4-4ubuntu2.1.14.04.2"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8583.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}