Upstream information

CVE-2018-12615 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5.3
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact None
CVSSv3 Version 3
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1098872 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 rubygem-passenger Not affected
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 rubygem-passenger Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 rubygem-passenger Not affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Lifecycle Management Server 1.3 rubygem-passenger Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 12 rubygem-passenger Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 rubygem-passenger Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 rubygem-passenger Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 rubygem-passenger Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 rubygem-passenger Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 rubygem-passenger Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 rubygem-passenger Not affected
SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3 rubygem-passenger Not affected
SUSE WebYast 1.3 rubygem-passenger Not affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Jun 21 16:29:49 2018
CVE page last modified: Fri Nov 1 12:18:22 2024