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GSD-2013-4136
Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2013-06-10 00:00Details
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/.
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