UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1831

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1831
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1831.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1831
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:43:00Z
Published
2015-02-19T15:59:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:32:55.014733Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Phusion Passenger before 4.0.37 allows local users to write to certain files and directories via a symlink attack on (1) control_process.pid or a (2) generation-* file.

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"
}