CVE-2014-1831: 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)…

PriorityP47low2.1CVSS 2.0

AVLACLAuNCNIPAN

EPSS

0.37%

29.7th percentile

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.

Affected

9 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	passenger	< passenger 4.0.37-1 (bookworm)	passenger 4.0.37-1 (bookworm)
debian	passenger	—	—
phusion	passenger	<= 4.0.36	—
phusion	passenger	>= 0 < 4.0.37-1	4.0.37-1
phusion	passenger	>= 0 < 4.0.37-1	4.0.37-1
phusion	passenger	>= 0 < 4.0.37-1	4.0.37-1
phusion	passenger	>= 0 < 4.0.37-1	4.0.37-1
phusion	passenger	>= 0 < 4.0.38	4.0.38
phusion	passenger	>= 4.0.37 < 4.0.38	4.0.38

CVSS provenance

nvdv2.02.1LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

ghsa2.1LOW

osv2.1LOW

vendor_debian2.1LOW

vendor_redhat2.1LOW

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