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CVE-2013-2119 Detail

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.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  01/03/2014

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.6 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 3.9

Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://blog.phusion.nl/2013/05/29/phusion-passenger-3-0-21-released/ Patch Vendor Advisory
http://blog.phusion.nl/2013/05/29/phusion-passenger-4-0-5-released/ Patch Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1136.html Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=892813 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control (CWE-264)

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2013-2119
NVD Published Date:
01/03/2014
NVD Last Modified:
12/06/2016