CVE-2018-6558
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6558
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-6558.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-6558
- Aliases
- Related
- Published
- 2018-08-23T19:29:01Z
- Modified
- 2025-01-08T10:20:08.935593Z
- Severity
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- 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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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- https://github.com/google/fscrypt/commit/3022c1603d968c22f147b4a2c49c4637dd1be91b
- https://github.com/google/fscrypt/commit/315f9b042237200174a1fb99427f74027e191d66
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/1787548
- https://github.com/google/fscrypt/issues/77
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-6558
Affected packages
Debian:11 / fscrypt
Package
- Name
- fscrypt
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/fscrypt?arch=source
Debian:12 / fscrypt
Package
- Name
- fscrypt
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/fscrypt?arch=source
Debian:13 / fscrypt
Package
- Name
- fscrypt
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/fscrypt?arch=source