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.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2014-8583 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue affects the versions of mod_wsgi as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score | 6.9 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Complete |
| Integrity Impact | Complete |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 | mod_wsgi | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | python27-mod_wsgi | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | python33-mod_wsgi | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Satellite Proxy 5.6 | mod_wsgi | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | mod_wsgi | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Satellite 5.6 | mod_wsgi | Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 | python27-mod_wsgi | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | mod_wsgi | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | mod_wsgi | Will not fix |
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