In agent/Core/SpawningKit/Spawner.h in Phusion Passenger 5.1.10 (fixed in Passenger Open Source 5.1.11 and Passenger Enterprise 5.1.10), if Passenger is running as root, it is possible to list the contents of arbitrary files on a system by symlinking a file named REVISION from the application root folder to a file of choice and querying passenger-status --show=xml.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 4.7
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade passenger | Mar 25, 2019 | Dec 14, 2017 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade rubygem-passenger | Dec 20, 2017 | Dec 18, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade rubygem-passenger-apache2Upgrade rubygem-passengerUpgrade ruby2.1-rubygem-passenger | Feb 4, 2022 | Dec 14, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libapache2-mod-passenger (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade passenger (Ubuntu Pro) | Mar 22, 2023 | Dec 14, 2017 |
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