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Ubuntu: (CVE-2018-6558): fscrypt vulnerability

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Ubuntu: (CVE-2018-6558): fscrypt vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/23/2018
Created
11/21/2024
Added
11/19/2024
Modified
11/19/2024

Description

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).

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-fscrypt

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