CVE-2013-4136 (GCVE-0-2013-4136)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-09-30 19:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 03:38
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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/.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
5 references
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| https://github.com/phusion/passenger/blob/release… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://code.google.com/p/phusion-passenger/issue… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/5483b… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1136.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/16/6 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
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