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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...
CVE-2018-6558
First seen on SecPulse
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2018-6558 fscrypt Fixed in: 0.2.4-1
Original description The description as published by the source.
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).
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV
References
- patch github.com
- patch github.com
- patch launchpad.net
- report github.com