CVE - CVE-2018-6558

CVE-ID
CVE-2018-6558	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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).
References
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MISC:https://github.com/google/fscrypt/commit/3022c1603d968c22f147b4a2c49c4637dd1be91b MISC:https://github.com/google/fscrypt/commit/315f9b042237200174a1fb99427f74027e191d66 MISC:https://github.com/google/fscrypt/issues/77 MISC:https://launchpad.net/bugs/1787548
Assigning CNA
Canonical Ltd.
Date Record Created
20180202	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20180202)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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