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    CVE-2018-12615

    An issue was discovered in switchGroup() in agent/ExecHelper/ExecHelperMain.cpp in Phusion Passenger before 5.3.2. The set of groups (gidset) is not set correctly, leaving it up to randomness (i.e., uninitialized memory) which supplementary groups are actually being set while lowering privileges.

    Published:May 29, 2018
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Jun 21, 2018
    EPSS Score:0.00198
    CVSS Score:5.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Phusion
    Product
    Passenger

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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