CVE-2013-4136
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.32% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 25.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2013-09-30 19:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-17 03:38Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2013-06-12
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c4d75212b37c9a914517457a0f8a3147a5d5514c6d2f698158740851139fbc3d
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/phusion/passenger/blob/release-4.0.6/NEWS
- code.google.comhttps://code.google.com/p/phusion-passenger/issues/detail?id=910
- github.comhttps://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/5483b3292cc2af1c83033eaaadec20dba4dcfd9b
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2013:1136http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1136.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20130716 Re: Re: Insecure temp files usage in phusion passenger (other than CVE-2013-2119)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/16/6
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- passenger Fixed in 3.0.13debian-1.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- passenger Fixed in 3.0.13debian-1.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- passenger Fixed in 3.0.13debian-1.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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