CVE - CVE-2013-4136

CVE-ID
CVE-2013-4136	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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/.
References
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CONFIRM:https://code.google.com/p/phusion-passenger/issues/detail?id=910 CONFIRM:https://github.com/phusion/passenger/blob/release-4.0.6/NEWS CONFIRM:https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/5483b3292cc2af1c83033eaaadec20dba4dcfd9b MLIST:[oss-security] 20130716 Re: Re: Insecure temp files usage in phusion passenger (other than CVE-2013-2119) URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/16/6 REDHAT:RHSA-2013:1136 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1136.html
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20130612	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20130612)
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