Insecure use of temporary files in passenger

Description

Phusion Passenger before 4.0.38 allows local users to write to certain files and directories via a symlink attack on
1. control_process.pid or
2. a generation-* file.

Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
low
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Published (advisory)
2018-10-10 17:29:20 UTC
Updated
2023-07-05 18:49:05 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2020-06-16 21:30:30 UTC
NVD published
2015-02-19

EPSS Score

Score Percentile
0.07% 20.59%

CVSS Scores

No CVSS scores in this advisory.

Identifiers

Affected packages (1)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem Package Vulnerable range First patched Vulnerable functions
rubygems passenger < 4.0.38 4.0.38

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence