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 | 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 |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: canonical
Published: 2018-08-23T00:00:00
Updated: 2018-08-23T19:57:01
Reserved: 2018-02-02T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2018-6558
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2018-08-23T19:29:01.127
Modified: 2019-10-03T00:03:26.223
Link: CVE-2018-6558
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE