CVE-2017-16355
Published: 14 December 2017
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.
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
passenger Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
| bionic |
Released
(5.0.30-1+deb9u1build0.18.04.1)
|
|
| cosmic |
Released
(5.0.30-1+deb9u1build0.18.10.1)
|
|
| disco |
Released
(5.0.30-1+deb9u1build0.19.04.1)
|
|
| eoan |
Not vulnerable
(5.0.30-1.1)
|
|
| focal |
Not vulnerable
(5.0.30-1.1)
|
|
| groovy |
Not vulnerable
(5.0.30-1.1)
|
|
| hirsute |
Not vulnerable
(5.0.30-1.1)
|
|
| impish |
Not vulnerable
(5.0.30-1.1)
|
|
| jammy |
Not vulnerable
(5.0.30-1.1)
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(5.1.10, 5.1.11, 5.0.30-1.1)
|
|
| xenial |
Released
(5.0.27-2ubuntu0.1~esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro |
|
| zesty |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
|
Patches: upstream: https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/4043718264095cde6623c2cbe8c644541036d7bf upstream: https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/947af424330f5d5f5006860b2f0140bbba153e42 |
||
|
ruby-passenger Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Does not exist
|
| bionic |
Does not exist
|
|
| cosmic |
Does not exist
|
|
| disco |
Does not exist
|
|
| eoan |
Does not exist
|
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| groovy |
Does not exist
|
|
| hirsute |
Does not exist
|
|
| impish |
Does not exist
|
|
| jammy |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was needed)
|
|
| upstream |
Needed
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
| zesty |
Does not exist
|
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 4.7 |
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | High |
| Privileges required | Low |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | None |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |