CVE-2018-12615

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.

Risk Information

Base Score

5.3

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.198

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Vulnerabilities CVE-2018-12615 are fixed in Ruby-passenger 5.3.2	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2018-12615 are fixed in Ruby-passenger for Linux 5.3.2	Linux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234