CVE-2018-12615

MediumCVSS 5.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.3/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jun 21, 2018
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2018-12615: Medium severity, CVSS 5.3 | Vulnix