Race Condition Affecting rubygem-passenger package, versions *
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- published28 Apr 2025
- disclosed5 Jun 2018
Introduced: 5 Jun 2018
CVE-2018-12029 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 rubygem-passenger.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rubygem-passenger package and not the rubygem-passenger package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.
A race condition in the nginx module in Phusion Passenger 3.x through 5.x before 5.3.2 allows local escalation of privileges when a non-standard passenger_instance_registry_dir with insufficiently strict permissions is configured. Replacing a file with a symlink after the file was created, but before it was chowned, leads to the target of the link being chowned via the path. Targeting sensitive files such as root's crontab file allows privilege escalation.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1592612
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12029
- https://blog.phusion.nl/passenger-5-3-2
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00007.html
- https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/phusion-passenger-priv-esc
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201807-02