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CVE-2013-4136

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/.

Published

2013-09-30T21:55:07.223

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.4 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-59

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	phusion	passenger	≤ 4.0.5	Yes
Application	phusion	passenger	4.0.1	Yes
Application	phusion	passenger	4.0.2	Yes
Application	phusion	passenger	4.0.3	Yes
Application	phusion	passenger	4.0.4	Yes
Application	ruby-lang	ruby	*	No

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1136.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/16/6 ([email protected])
https://code.google.com/p/phusion-passenger/issues/detail?id=910 ([email protected])
https://github.com/phusion/passenger/blob/release-4.0.6/NEWS ([email protected])
https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/5483b3292cc2af1c83033eaaadec20dba4dcfd9b ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1136.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/16/6 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://code.google.com/p/phusion-passenger/issues/detail?id=910 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/phusion/passenger/blob/release-4.0.6/NEWS (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/5483b3292cc2af1c83033eaaadec20dba4dcfd9b (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)