Access Restriction Bypass Affecting rubygem-passenger package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.46% (40th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-RUBYGEMPASSENGER-9886718
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed9 Nov 2016

Introduced: 9 Nov 2016

CVE-2016-10345  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (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.

In Phusion Passenger before 5.1.0, a known /tmp filename was used during passenger-install-nginx-module execution, which could allow local attackers to gain the privileges of the passenger user.