CVE-2018-12615

An issue was discovered in switchGroup() in agent/ExecHelper/ExecHelperMain.cpp in Phusion Passenger before 5.3.2

published June 21, 2018

CVSS
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EPSS
1%
Percentile
67.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01198 · 67.9th percentile
Published
2018-06-21T15:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 21 JUN 15:00Z
    An issue was discovered in switchGroup() in agent/ExecHelper/ExecHelperMain.cpp in Phusion Passenger before 5.3.2
    cvelistv5