UBUNTU-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 vectors.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / mod-wsgi

Package

Name: mod-wsgi
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/mod-wsgi@3.4-4ubuntu2.1.14.04.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

3.4-4ubuntu2.1.14.04.2

Affected versions

3.*

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_version": "3.4-4ubuntu2.1.14.04.2",
            "binary_name": "libapache2-mod-wsgi"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4-4ubuntu2.1.14.04.2",
            "binary_name": "libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8583.json"