CVE-2018-12615
MEDIUM5.3EPSS 0.20%Phusion Passenger incorrect permission assignment
Published: 5/13/2022Modified: 11/8/2023
Also known as:GHSA-4284-jfhc-f854
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.
Affected packages (1)
- RubyGems/passengerfrom 0, < 5.3.2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |