GHSA-w6rc-q387-vpgq

Suggest an improvement
Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w6rc-q387-vpgq
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2017/10/GHSA-w6rc-q387-vpgq/GHSA-w6rc-q387-vpgq.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-w6rc-q387-vpgq
Aliases
Published
2017-10-24T18:33:37Z
Modified
2024-12-05T05:45:54.785465Z
Summary
insecure temporary directory usage in passenger
Details

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/.

Database specific 
{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-59"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T20:49:27Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
}
References

Affected packages

RubyGems / passenger

Package

Name
passenger
Purl
pkg:gem/passenger

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.0.6

Affected versions

1.*

1.0.1
1.0.2
1.0.3
1.0.4
1.0.5

2.*

2.0.1
2.0.2
2.0.3
2.0.4
2.0.5
2.0.6
2.1.2
2.1.3
2.2.0
2.2.1
2.2.2
2.2.3
2.2.4
2.2.5
2.2.6
2.2.7
2.2.8
2.2.9
2.2.10
2.2.11
2.2.12
2.2.13
2.2.14
2.2.15

3.*

3.0.0.pre1
3.0.0.pre2
3.0.0.pre3
3.0.0.pre4
3.0.0
3.0.1
3.0.2
3.0.3
3.0.4
3.0.5
3.0.6
3.0.7
3.0.8
3.0.9
3.0.10
3.0.11
3.0.12
3.0.13
3.0.14
3.0.15
3.0.17
3.0.18
3.0.19
3.0.21
3.9.1.beta
3.9.2.beta

4.*

4.0.0.rc4
4.0.0.rc6
4.0.1
4.0.2
4.0.3
4.0.4
4.0.5