CVE-2013-4136
medium
CVSS v3
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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
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4136
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1136.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 3.0.13debian-1.2 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 3.0.13debian-1.2 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 3.0.13debian-1.2 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 3.0.13debian-1.2 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 3.0.13debian-1.2 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4136
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1136.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/16/6
- https://code.google.com/p/phusion-passenger/issues/detail?id=910
- https://github.com/phusion/passenger/blob/release-4.0.6/NEWS
- https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/5483b3292cc2af1c83033eaaadec20dba4dcfd9b
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w6rc-q387-vpgq
- https://github.com/phusion/passenger
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/passenger/CVE-2013-4136.yml
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4136
CWEs
CWE-59
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.