VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2014-1832
Phusion Passenger 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.
LOW 2.1EPSS 0.37%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.37%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Phusion Passenger 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. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-1831.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.37% probability · 31th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- phusion/passenger
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/149032.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/29/6
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/30/3
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736958
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1058992
- https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/94428057c602da3d6d34ef75c78091066ecac5c0
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/149032.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/29/6
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/30/3
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736958
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1058992
- https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/94428057c602da3d6d34ef75c78091066ecac5c0
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.