gsd-2017-16355
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2022-05-13 00:00
Details
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.
Aliases



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    "alias": "CVE-2017-16355",
    "description": "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.",
    "id": "GSD-2017-16355",
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      "https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16355.html",
      "https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4415",
      "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16355"
    ]
  },
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      "exploitCode": "unknown",
      "remediation": "unknown",
      "reportConfidence": "confirmed",
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      "id": "GSD-2017-16355",
      "modified": "2022-05-13T00:00:00.000Z",
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      "lastModifiedDate": "2019-10-28T15:31Z",
      "publishedDate": "2017-12-14T22:29Z"
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}


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