CVE-2014-1832

Publication date 19 February 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

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Description

Phusion Passenger 4.0.37 allows local users to write to certain files and directories via a symlink attack on (1) control_process.pid or a (2) generation-* file. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-1831.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ruby-passenger 19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.10 yakkety Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
15.10 wily Ignored end of life
15.04 vivid Ignored end of life
14.10 utopic Ignored end of life
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
13.10 saucy 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

Notes

mdeslaur

incomplete fix for CVE-2014-1831

Patch details

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Package Patch details
ruby-passenger

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