CVE-2014-1831
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
2.1
VIR risk
2.1
Description
Phusion Passenger before 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.
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-2014-1831
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.0.37-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.0.37-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.0.37-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.0.37-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.0.37-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| phusion | passenger | {"endIncluding":"4.0.36"} | |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1831
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/149032.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/28/8
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/30/3
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736958
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1058992
- https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/34b1087870c2
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c7j7-p5jq-26ff
- https://github.com/phusion/passenger
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/passenger/CVE-2014-1831.yml
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1831
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.