Vulnerability Instance
Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.
GET /api/vulnerabilities/100884?format=api
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This flaw effectively reverts a security feature in the kernel (in particular, the /proc/self/setgroups knob) to prevent this sort of privilege escalation.", "aliases": [ { "alias": "CVE-2018-7169" } ], "fixed_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/128788?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/shadow@1:4.7-1?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/shadow@1:4.7-1%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/6423?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/shadow@1:4.8.1-1", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-7fx7-8gbq-5fc4" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-caep-b8wv-hqhw" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-x2fe-1t11-ubbn" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/shadow@1:4.8.1-1" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/128774?format=api", 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