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CVE-2014-1832
Phusion Passenger 4.0.37 allows local users to write to certain...
Vulnerability Description
Phusion Passenger 4.0.37 allows local users to write to certain files and directories via a symlink attack on (1) control_process.pid or a (2) generation-* file. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-1831.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/29/6
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736958
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/30/3
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1058992
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/149032.html
- https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/94428057c602da3d6d34ef75c78091066ecac5c0
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 19th, 2015
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.