vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-5261-1 (CVE-2017-16355): Phusion Passenger vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Dec 14, 2017 | Mar 22, 2023 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
1
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Dec 14, 2017
Added
Mar 22, 2023
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
Description
It was discovered that Phusion Passenger incorrectly handled a file path in
the application root folder. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
read arbitrary files. (CVE-2017-16355)
It was discovered that Phusion Passenger had a race condition in the nginx
module that could be used to perform a symlink attack. An attacker could
possibly use this issue to escalate privileges. (CVE-2018-12029)
Solutions
ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libapache2-mod-passengerubuntu-pro-upgrade-passenger
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