cvelist/2018/6xxx/CVE-2018-6558.json

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   "CVE_data_meta" : {
      "ASSIGNER" : "security@ubuntu.com",
      "DATE_PUBLIC" : "2018-08-23T17:00:00.000Z",
      "ID" : "CVE-2018-6558",
      "STATE" : "PUBLIC"
   },
   "affects" : {
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            {
               "product" : {
                  "product_data" : [
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                        "product_name" : "fscrypt",
                        "version" : {
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                                 "version_value" : "before 0.2.4"
                              }
                           ]
                        }
                     }
                  ]
               },
               "vendor_name" : "The fscrypt Project"
            }
         ]
      }
   },
   "data_format" : "MITRE",
   "data_type" : "CVE",
   "data_version" : "4.0",
   "description" : {
      "description_data" : [
         {
            "lang" : "eng",
            "value" : "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)."
         }
      ]
   },
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         {
            "description" : [
               {
                  "lang" : "eng",
                  "value" : "n/a"
               }
            ]
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      ]
   },
   "references" : {
      "reference_data" : [
         {
            "name" : "https://github.com/google/fscrypt/commit/3022c1603d968c22f147b4a2c49c4637dd1be91b",
            "refsource" : "MISC",
            "url" : "https://github.com/google/fscrypt/commit/3022c1603d968c22f147b4a2c49c4637dd1be91b"
         },
         {
            "name" : "https://github.com/google/fscrypt/commit/315f9b042237200174a1fb99427f74027e191d66",
            "refsource" : "MISC",
            "url" : "https://github.com/google/fscrypt/commit/315f9b042237200174a1fb99427f74027e191d66"
         },
         {
            "name" : "https://github.com/google/fscrypt/issues/77",
            "refsource" : "MISC",
            "url" : "https://github.com/google/fscrypt/issues/77"
         },
         {
            "name" : "https://launchpad.net/bugs/1787548",
            "refsource" : "MISC",
            "url" : "https://launchpad.net/bugs/1787548"
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