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CVE-2018-6558
Published: Aug 23, 2018
Modified: Sep 17, 2024
PUBLISHED
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).
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
The fscrypt Project | fscrypt | affected before 0.2.4 |
References
https://github.com/google/fscrypt/issues/77
x_refsource_MISC
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1787548
x_refsource_MISC
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