CVE-2013-2119 rubygem-passenger: incorrect temporary file usage
Published: May 29, 2013
SECURITY IDENTIFIERS
- CVE: CVE-2013-2119 (NVD)
- GHSA: GHSA-9qj7-jvg4-qr2x
- OSVDB: OSVDB-93752
GEM
SEVERITY
CVSS v2.0: 4.6 (Medium)
PATCHED VERSIONS
~> 3.0.21
>= 4.0.5
DESCRIPTION
Phusion 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.