A race condition in the nginx module in Phusion Passenger 3.x through 5.x before 5.3.2 allows local escalation of privileges when a non-standard passenger_instance_registry_dir with insufficiently strict permissions is configured. Replacing a file with a symlink after the file was created, but before it was chowned, leads to the target of the link being chowned via the path. Targeting sensitive files such as root's crontab file allows privilege escalation.
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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1399-1 ruby-passenger security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-4382 A race condition in the nginx module in Phusion Passenger 3.x through 5.x before 5.3.2 allows local escalation of privileges when a non-standard passenger_instance_registry_dir with insufficiently strict permissions is configured. Replacing a file with a symlink after the file was created, but before it was chowned, leads to the target of the link being chowned via the path. Targeting sensitive files such as root's crontab file allows privilege escalation.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-jjcj-fgfm-9g9r Phusion Passenger Race Condition Allows Privilege Escalation
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5261-1 Phusion Passenger vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T08:24:03.642Z

Reserved: 2018-06-07T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-12029

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-17T20:29:00.493

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:44:27.120

Link: CVE-2018-12029

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2018-06-05T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-12029 - Bugzilla

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