UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4136

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4136

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2013/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4136.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4136

Upstream

CVE-2013-4136

Withdrawn

2025-07-18T16:42:54Z

Published

2013-09-30T21:55:00Z

Modified

2025-07-16T08:16:25.355370Z

Severity

Ubuntu - medium

Summary

[none]

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/.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / ruby-passenger

Package

Name: ruby-passenger
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby-passenger@4.0.37-2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

4.0.37-2

Affected versions

3.*

3.0.13debian-1.2

4.*

4.0.25-1

4.0.35-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libapache2-mod-passenger",
            "binary_version": "4.0.37-2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ruby-passenger",
            "binary_version": "4.0.37-2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ruby-passenger-doc",
            "binary_version": "4.0.37-2"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2013/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4136.json"