Security Advisory
CVE-2018-12615
5.3
MEDIUM
Vulnerability 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.
Published Date
June 21, 2018
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory