This was fixed in upstream 4.1.1.
No security implications were foreseen neither at that time.
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newgrp segfaults on exit when default group isn't in /etc/groups
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/130205
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segfaults on exit when default group isn't
in/etc/groups
Thanks for reporting this bug. This appears to be a NULL dereference,
and does not seem exploitable. I have unmarked it security/private.
Please feel free to report other bugs you may find.
$ ps auwwx | grep newgrp
root 23490
Thanks for reporting this bug. This appears to be a NULL dereference,
and does not seem exploitable. I have unmarked it security/private.
Please feel free to report other bugs you may find.
$ ps auwwx | grep newgrp
root 23490 0.0 0.0 21900 1064 pts/13 S14:09 0:00 newgrp testing
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