VDB
CVE-2017-16355
CVE-2017-16355
PUBLISHED
CVSS 4.699999809265137 MEDIUM
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.
EPSS 0.36% · 29.8th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
4.699999809265137
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
0.36%
29.8th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | passenger | 0, 5.0.30-1, 5.0.30-1build1 |
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | passenger | 0, 5.0.7-3, 5.0.22-1 |
Timeline
- Dec 14, 2017 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 28, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 31, 2021 EPSS Score
- Mar 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jun 17, 2022 CVE Updated
- Jul 9, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 11, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 13, 2022 EPSS Score
References
- https://blog.phusion.nl/2017/10/13/passenger-security-advisory-5-1-11/ third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/21/2 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16355 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16355 advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5261-1 advisory