CVE-2013-4136

rubygem-passenger: insecure temporary directory usage due to reuse of existing server instance directories

Published Sep 30, 2013 CVSS 2.0 · 4.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
ext/common/ServerInstanceDir.h in Phusion Passenger gem before 4.0.6 for Ruby allows local users to gain privileges or possibly change the ownership of arbitrary directories via a symlink attack on a directory with a predictable name in /tmp/.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-0321 ext/common/ServerInstanceDir.h in Phusion Passenger gem before 4.0.6 for Ruby allows local users to gain privileges or possibly change the ownership of arbitrary directories via a symlink attack on a directory with a predictable name in /tmp/.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-w6rc-q387-vpgq insecure temporary directory usage in passenger
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Sep 17, 2024, 3:38 AM
Reserved
Jun 12, 2013, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 30, 2013, 9:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:56 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jun 20, 2013, 12:00 AM