PT-2014-8630 · Apache+2 · Mod Wsgi+2

Published 2014-11-04 · Updated 2017-07-01 · CVE-2014-8583

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions mod wsgi versions prior to 4.2.4

Description The issue is related to mod wsgi for Apache, where it does not properly handle when group privileges cannot be dropped, potentially allowing attackers to gain privileges.

Recommendations For versions prior to 4.2.4, update to version 4.2.4 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-254

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1386

CVE-2014-8583

MGASA-2014-0513

SUSE-RU-2015:0611-1

USN-2431-1

USN-2431-2

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Ubuntu

Mod Wsgi

References · 32

• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-49 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0242 · Security Note
• http://modwsgi.readthedocs.org/en/latest/release-notes/version-4.2.4.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2014-0513 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8583 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8583 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-8583 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2016-1386 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8583 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8583 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-2431-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0513.html · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-12/msg00036.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8583 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-8583 · Vendor Advisory