CVE-2014-8583

Name	CVE-2014-8583
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
mod-wsgi (PTS)	bullseye	4.7.1-3+deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm	4.9.4-1	fixed
	sid, trixie	5.0.1-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
mod-wsgi	source	(unstable)	4.2.7-1

Notes

[wheezy] - mod-wsgi <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[squeeze] - mod-wsgi <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/GrahamDumpleton/mod_wsgi/commit/545354a80b9cc20d8b6916ca30542eab36c3b8bd