CVE-2013-4136

Publication date 30 September 2013

Last updated 16 September 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Description

ext/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/.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
passenger 17.04 zesty
Not affected
16.10 yakkety
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
15.10 wily Not in release
15.04 vivid Not in release
14.10 utopic Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
13.10 saucy Not in release
13.04 raring Not in release
12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life
ruby-passenger 17.04 zesty Not in release
16.10 yakkety Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
15.10 wily
Not affected
15.04 vivid
Not affected
14.10 utopic
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
13.10 saucy Ignored end of life
13.04 raring Ignored end of life
12.10 quantal Ignored end of life
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release

Patch details

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Package Patch details
passenger
ruby-passenger

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