Description
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.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736958
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/34b1087870c2
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/30/3
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1058992
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/149032.html
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/28/8
Scores
EPSS
0.0007
EPSS Percentile
20.6%
Details
Status
published
Products (2)
phusion/passenger
< 4.0.36
rubygems/passenger
0 - 4.0.38RubyGems
Published
Feb 19, 2015
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026