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CVE-2013-4136

N/A
Published: September 30, 2013 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:56 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPassenger· also runs on 1 platform

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

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/.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Passenger· Phusionrubygems
95%
v ≤ 4.0.54.0.14.0.24.0.34.0.4
ruby-lang-ruby (environment)

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Ruby· Ruby Langrubygems
95%

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (5)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1136.html
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/16/6
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://code.google.com/p/phusion-passenger/issues/detail?id=910
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/phusion/passenger/blob/release-4.0.6/NEWS
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/5483b3292cc2af1c83033eaaadec20dba4dcfd9b

CVSS

4.4MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59

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