Insecure use of temporary files in passenger
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.
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describes (1)
Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2014-1831US | low2.1 | — | ||
Phusion Passenger before 4.0.37 allows local users to write to certain files and directories via a symlink attack on (1) control_process.pid or a (2) generation-* file. | ||||
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references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/149032.htmlWEB
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/28/8WEB
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/30/3WEB
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736958WEB
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1058992WEB
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c7j7-p5jq-26ffADVISORY
- https://github.com/phusion/passengerPACKAGE
- https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/34b1087870c2WEB
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