DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16355

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16355
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16355.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16355
Upstream
Published
2017-12-14T22:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:23:27Z
Summary
[none]
Details

In agent/Core/SpawningKit/Spawner.h in Phusion Passenger 5.1.10 (fixed in Passenger Open Source 5.1.11 and Passenger Enterprise 5.1.10), if Passenger is running as root, it is possible to list the contents of arbitrary files on a system by symlinking a file named REVISION from the application root folder to a file of choice and querying passenger-status --show=xml.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / passenger

Package

Name
passenger
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/passenger?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.0.30-1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / passenger

Package

Name
passenger
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/passenger?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.0.30-1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / passenger

Package

Name
passenger
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/passenger?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.0.30-1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / passenger

Package

Name
passenger
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/passenger?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.0.30-1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}