CVE-2018-12615
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Published: June 21, 2018 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:38 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPassenger
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/4e97fdb86d0a0141ec9a052c6e691fcd07bb45c8Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-732
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