CVE - CVE-2017-16355

CVE-ID
CVE-2017-16355	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
In agent/Core/SpawningKit/Spawner.h in Phusion Passenger 5.1.10 (fixed in Passenger Open Source 5.1.11 and Passenger Enterprise 5.1.10), if Passenger is running as root, it is possible to list the contents of arbitrary files on a system by symlinking a file named REVISION from the application root folder to a file of choice and querying passenger-status --show=xml.
References
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BUGTRAQ:20190324 [SECURITY] [DSA 4415-1] passenger security update URL:https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/34 CONFIRM:https://blog.phusion.nl/2017/10/13/passenger-security-advisory-5-1-11/ CONFIRM:https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/4043718264095cde6623c2cbe8c644541036d7bf DEBIAN:DSA-4415 URL:https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4415
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20171101	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.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20171101)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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