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ubuntu-cve-2014-8583

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2014-11-04 00:00

Modified

2025-07-16 04:50

Summary

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.

Severity

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8583	REPORT
	http://modwsgi.readthedocs.org/en/latest/release-…	REPORT
	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/19/7	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2431-1	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8583	REPORT

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CVE-2014-8583 (GCVE-0-2014-8583)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-12-16 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 13:25

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

10 references

URL	Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1111034	x_refsource_CONFIRM
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http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0513.html	x_refsource_CONFIRM
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/19/7	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-49	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/04/8	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2431-1	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU

Date Public

2014-06-19 00:00

Show details on NVD website

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usn-2431-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2014-12-03 14:11

Modified

2026-02-10 04:40

Summary

mod-wsgi vulnerability

Details

It was discovered that mod_wsgi incorrectly handled errors when setting up the working directory and group access rights. A malicious application could possibly use this issue to cause a local privilege escalation when using daemon mode.

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2431-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8583	REPORT

JSON

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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ubuntu-cve-2014-8583

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2014-8583 (GCVE-0-2014-8583)

usn-2431-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

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