Access Restriction Bypass Affecting phusion/passenger package, versions [,5.1.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-PHUSIONPASSENGER-2364869
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed18 Apr 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 18 Apr 2017

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

How to fix?

Upgrade phusion/passenger to version 5.1.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. 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.

CVSS Scores

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