CVE-2013-4136

medium
Published 2013-06-10 · Modified 2024-12-05
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
4.4
VIR risk
4.4

Description

ext/common/ServerInstanceDir.h in Phusion Passenger gem before 4.0.6 for Ruby allows local users to gain privileges or possibly change the ownership of arbitrary directories via a symlink attack on a directory with a predictable name in /tmp/.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4136

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1136.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed3.0.13debian-1.2
debian debianbullseyefixed3.0.13debian-1.2
debian debianforkyfixed3.0.13debian-1.2
debian debiansidfixed3.0.13debian-1.2
debian debiantrixiefixed3.0.13debian-1.2

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
ruby RubyGemspassenger<>= 4.0.8>= 4.0.8
ruby RubyGemspassenger<4.0.64.0.6

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
phusionpassenger{"endIncluding":"4.0.5"}
phusionpassenger4.0.1
phusionpassenger4.0.2
phusionpassenger4.0.3
phusionpassenger4.0.4
ruby-langruby

References

CWEs

CWE-59

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.