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title: "CVE-2014-1832\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-1832

Publication date 19 February 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Phusion Passenger 4.0.37 allows local users to write to certain files and
directories via a symlink attack on (1) control\_process.pid or a (2)
generation-\* file. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an
incomplete fix for CVE-2014-1831.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1832?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ruby-passenger | 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 17.10 artful | Not in release |
| 17.04 zesty | Not in release |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 15.10 wily | Ignored end of life |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Ignored end of life |
| 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1832?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

incomplete fix for CVE-2014-1831

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| ruby-passenger | * Upstream:   [9442805](https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/94428057c602da3d6d34ef75c78091066ecac5c0) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-1832)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1832)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-1832)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1832)

### Other references

* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/30>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1832>