HIGH7.8
GHSA-cqxw-3p7v-p9gr
Phusion Passenger uses a known /tmp filename
Quick fix
GHSA-cqxw-3p7v-p9gr — passenger: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.
bundle update passengerDetails
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
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Affected packages
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10345[ADVISORY]
- https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/e5b4b0824d6b648525b4bf63d9fa37e5beeae441[WEB]
- https://blog.phusion.nl/2017/01/10/passenger-5-1-1[WEB]
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cqxw-3p7v-p9gr[ADVISORY]
- https://github.com/phusion/passenger[WEB]
- https://github.com/phusion/passenger/blob/stable-5.1/CHANGELOG[WEB]
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/passenger/CVE-2016-10345.yml[WEB]