CVE-2013-4136

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-4136
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-09-30 21:55:07 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionext/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/.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.4 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-59 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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 Ruby-lang Ruby All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
If the server instance directory already exists, it is now removed fi… · phusion/passenger@5483b32 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
oss-security - Re: Re: Insecure temp files usage in phusion passenger (other than CVE-2013-2119) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
passenger/NEWS at release-4.0.6 · phusion/passenger · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
Issue 910 - phusion-passenger - Server instance directory should be removed if it already exists - Phusion Passenger (mod_rails/mod_rack) - Google Project Hosting af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 code.google.com
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