ghsa-c7j7-p5jq-26ff
Vulnerability from github
Published
2018-10-10 17:29
Modified
2023-07-05 18:49
Summary
Insecure use of temporary files in passenger
Details

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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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "RubyGems",
        "name": "passenger"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.0.38"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2014-1831"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:30:30Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2015-02-19T15:59:00Z",
    "severity": "LOW"
  },
  "details": "Phusion Passenger before 4.0.38 allows local users to write to certain files and directories via a symlink attack on \n1. `control_process.pid` or \n2. a generation-* file.",
  "id": "GHSA-c7j7-p5jq-26ff",
  "modified": "2023-07-05T18:49:05Z",
  "published": "2018-10-10T17:29:20Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1831"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/34b1087870c2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736958"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1058992"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c7j7-p5jq-26ff"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/phusion/passenger"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/passenger/CVE-2014-1831.yml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/149032.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/28/8"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/30/3"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [],
  "summary": "Insecure use of temporary files in passenger"
}


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