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.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8583
Reference (s):
- BID:68111
- URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68111
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0513.html
- http://modwsgi.readthedocs.org/en/latest/release-notes/version-4.2.4.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1111034