FKIE_CVE-2013-4136

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2013-09-30 21:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:56
Severity
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/.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1136.htmlVendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/16/6
secalert@redhat.comhttps://code.google.com/p/phusion-passenger/issues/detail?id=910
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/phusion/passenger/blob/release-4.0.6/NEWS
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/5483b3292cc2af1c83033eaaadec20dba4dcfd9b
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1136.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/16/6
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://code.google.com/p/phusion-passenger/issues/detail?id=910
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/phusion/passenger/blob/release-4.0.6/NEWS
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/5483b3292cc2af1c83033eaaadec20dba4dcfd9b
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
phusion passenger *
phusion passenger 4.0.1
phusion passenger 4.0.2
phusion passenger 4.0.3
phusion passenger 4.0.4
ruby-lang ruby *
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