--- title: "CVE-2014-8583\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8583?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2014-8583 Publication date 4 November 2014 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## 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. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | mod-wsgi | 14.10 utopic | Fixed 3.5-1ubuntu0.1 | | 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 3.4-4ubuntu2.1.14.04.2 | | 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 3.3-4ubuntu0.2 | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) * [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8583?format=md#patch-details) ### Patch details For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) | Package | Patch details | | --- | --- | | mod-wsgi | * Upstream: [545354a](https://github.com/GrahamDumpleton/mod_wsgi/commit/545354a80b9cc20d8b6916ca30542eab36c3b8bd) | ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8583) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8583) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-8583) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8583) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-2431-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2431-1) + mod\_wsgi vulnerability + 3 December 2014 ### Other references * * *