DEBIAN-CVE-2018-6558

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-6558
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-6558.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-6558
Upstream
Published
2018-08-23T19:29:01Z
Modified
2026-09-01T20:03:17Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
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

Affected packages

Debian:12 / fscrypt

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.2.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-6558.json"

Debian:13 / fscrypt

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.2.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-6558.json"

Debian:14 / fscrypt

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.2.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-6558.json"