CVE-2017-16355

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.

CVSS v3.0 4.7 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 1.2 LOW

4.7^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.0 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

1.2^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

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

Exploitability : 1.9 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity HIGH

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/4043718264095cde6623c2cbe8c644541036d7bf	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://blog.phusion.nl/2017/10/13/passenger-security-advisory-5-1-11/	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4415	Third Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/34	Issue Tracking Mailing List Third Party Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:phusion:passenger:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:phusion:passenger:::::open_source:::*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2017-12-14 14:29

Updated : 2019-10-28 08:31

NVD link : CVE-2017-16355

Mitre link : CVE-2017-16355

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-200

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

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Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

phusion

passenger

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