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CVE-2014-8583

Public on 2014-12-16
Modified on 2018-04-26
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.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.9
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 mod24_wsgi 2018-04-26 16:33 ALAS-2018-987
Amazon Linux 2 - Core mod_wsgi 2018-04-05 16:14 ALAS2-2018-987

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 6.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD CVSSv2 6.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C