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CVE-2018-6558 Detail

Description

The pam_fscrypt module in fscrypt before 0.2.4 may incorrectly restore primary and supplementary group IDs to the values associated with the root user, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a successful login through certain applications that use Linux-PAM (aka pam).


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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Hyperlink Resource
https://github.com/google/fscrypt/commit/3022c1603d968c22f147b4a2c49c4637dd1be91b Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/google/fscrypt/commit/315f9b042237200174a1fb99427f74027e191d66 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/google/fscrypt/issues/77 Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1787548 Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo Insufficient Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-6558
NVD Published Date:
08/23/2018
NVD Last Modified:
10/02/2019
Source:
Canonical Ltd.