CVE-2016-10345

high
Published 2016-11-09 · Modified 2024-12-08
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
4.6
VIR risk
7.8

Description

In Phusion Passenger before 5.1.0, a known /tmp filename was used during passenger-install-nginx-module execution, which could allow local attackers to gain the privileges of the passenger user.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
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-2016-10345

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/e5b4b0824d6b648525b4bf63d9fa37e5beeae441

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/phusion/passenger/blob/stable-5.1/CHANGELOG

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10345.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed6.0.10-1
debian debianbullseyeaffected
debian debianforkyfixed6.0.10-1
debian debiansidfixed6.0.10-1
debian debiantrixiefixed6.0.10-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
ruby RubyGemspassenger<>= 5.1.0>= 5.1.0
ruby RubyGemspassenger<5.1.05.1.0

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
phusionpassenger{"endIncluding":"5.0.30"}

References

CWEs

CWE-264

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