Privilege dropping in mod_wsgi - CVE-2014-8583

Vulnerability identifier: #VU11762

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-8583

CWE-ID: CWE-271

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: Graham Dumpleton

Affected software:
mod_wsgi

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The weakness exists during creating a daemon process group due to improper handling when group privileges cannot be dropped. A local attacker can gain root privileges.

Update to version 4.2.4.

• http://modwsgi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/release-notes/version-4.2.4.html