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.
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-0670 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-qw8w-2xcp-xg59 Insecure use of temporary files in Phusion passenger
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T09:50:11.167Z

Reserved: 2014-01-30T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-1832

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-02-19T15:59:04.393

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2014-1832

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2014-01-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-1832 - Bugzilla

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