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CVE-2013-4136

Published: 30 September 2013

ext/common/ServerInstanceDir.h in Phusion Passenger gem before 4.0.6 for Ruby allows local users to gain privileges or possibly change the ownership of arbitrary directories via a symlink attack on a directory with a predictable name in /tmp/.

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
passenger
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
lucid Ignored
(end of life)
precise Ignored
(end of life)
quantal Does not exist

raring Does not exist

saucy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.0.8)
utopic Does not exist

vivid Does not exist

wily Does not exist

xenial Not vulnerable

yakkety Not vulnerable

zesty Not vulnerable

Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/5483b3292cc2af1c83033eaaadec20dba4dcfd9b
upstream: https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/9dda49f4a3ebe9bafc48da1bd45799f30ce19566


This vulnerability is mitigated in part by the use of symlink restrictions in Ubuntu. This vulnerability is mitigated in part by the use of hardlink restrictions in Ubuntu.
ruby-passenger
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
lucid Does not exist

precise Does not exist

quantal Ignored
(end of life)
raring Ignored
(end of life)
saucy Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [4.0.37-2])
upstream
Released (4.0.8)
utopic Not vulnerable
(4.0.37-2)
vivid Not vulnerable
(4.0.37-2)
wily Not vulnerable
(4.0.37-2)
xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

Patches:


upstream: https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/5483b3292cc2af1c83033eaaadec20dba4dcfd9b
upstream: https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/9dda49f4a3ebe9bafc48da1bd45799f30ce19566
This vulnerability is mitigated in part by the use of symlink restrictions in Ubuntu. This vulnerability is mitigated in part by the use of hardlink restrictions in Ubuntu.