CVE-2013-2119

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-2119
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-01-03 18:54:11 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionPhusion Passenger gem before 3.0.21 and 4.0.x before 4.0.5 for Ruby allows local users to cause a denial of service (prevent application start) or gain privileges by pre-creating a temporary "config" file in a directory with a predictable name in /tmp/ before it is used by the gem.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS: 0.000560000 probability, percentile 0.172750000 (date 2026-04-30)

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Phusion Passenger 3.0.0 All All All
Application Phusion Passenger 3.0.1 All All All
Application Phusion Passenger 3.0.10 All All All
Application Phusion Passenger 3.0.11 All All All
Application Phusion Passenger 3.0.12 All All All
Application Phusion Passenger 3.0.13 All All All
Application Phusion Passenger 3.0.14 All All All
Application Phusion Passenger 3.0.15 All All All
Application Phusion Passenger 3.0.17 All All All
Application Phusion Passenger 3.0.18 All All All
Application Phusion Passenger 3.0.19 All All All
Application Phusion Passenger 3.0.2 All All All
Application Phusion Passenger 3.0.3 All All All
Application Phusion Passenger 3.0.4 All All All
Application Phusion Passenger 3.0.5 All All All
Application Phusion Passenger 3.0.6 All All All
Application Phusion Passenger 3.0.7 All All All
Application Phusion Passenger 3.0.8 All All All
Application Phusion Passenger 3.0.9 All All All
Application Phusion Passenger 4.0.1 All All All
Application Phusion Passenger 4.0.2 All All All
Application Phusion Passenger 4.0.3 All All All
Application Phusion Passenger 4.0.4 All All All
Application Phusion Passenger All All All All
Application Redhat Openshift 1.0 All enterprise All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Phusion Passenger 3.0.21 released – Phusion Corporate Blog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.phusion.nl Patch, Vendor Advisory
Phusion Passenger 4.0.5 released – Phusion Corporate Blog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.phusion.nl Patch, Vendor Advisory
Bug 892813 – CVE-2013-2119 rubygem-passenger: incorrect temporary file usage af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
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