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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
5.3 MEDIUM
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
mitreCNA
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 42%
VendorProductVersion
phusionpassenger
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< 5.3.2
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= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
passenger
bullseye
5.0.30-1.2+deb11u1
fixed
bookworm
6.0.17+ds-1
fixed
sid
6.0.20+ds-1
fixed
trixie
6.0.20+ds-1
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
passenger
focal
not-affected
eoan
ignored
disco
ignored
cosmic
ignored
bionic
not-affected
artful
ignored
xenial
not-affected
trusty
dne
ruby-passenger
focal
dne
eoan
dne
disco
dne
cosmic
dne
bionic
dne
artful
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne