UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1831

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1831

    Published: 19 Feb 2015Last Modified: 16 Jul 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-1831

    Summary:

    Details: Phusion Passenger before 4.0.37 allows local users to write to certain files and directories via a symlink attack on (1) control_process.pid or a (2) generation-* file.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1831, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/30, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1831

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ruby-passenger

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.0.37-2

    Affected versions

    3.0.13debian-1.2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High