DEBIAN-CVE-2018-6558

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2018-6558

    Published: 23 Aug 2018Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-6558

    Summary:

    Details: 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: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-6558

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: fscrypt

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/fscrypt?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.2.4-1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High