CVE-2017-16355

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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:phusion:passenger:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:phusion:passenger:*:*:*:*:open_source:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2017-12-14 22:29

Updated : 2024-02-04 19:29


NVD link : CVE-2017-16355

Mitre link : CVE-2017-16355

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-16355


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Products Affected

phusion

  • passenger

debian

  • debian_linux
CWE
CWE-200

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor