CVE-2014-8583

medium
Published 2014-12-16 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.9
VIR risk
6.9

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8583

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://modwsgi.readthedocs.org/en/latest/release-notes/version-4.2.4.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed4.2.7-1
debian debianbullseyefixed4.2.7-1
debian debianforkyfixed4.2.7-1
debian debiansidfixed4.2.7-1
debian debiantrixiefixed4.2.7-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
modwsgimod_wsgi{"endIncluding":"4.2.4"}

References

CWEs

CWE-254

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.