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ubuntu-cve-2017-16355

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2017-12-14 22:29

Modified

2025-09-08 16:44

Summary

Details

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.

Severity

4.7 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16355	REPORT
	https://blog.phusion.nl/2017/10/13/passenger-secu…	REPORT
	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/21/2	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16355	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5261-1	ADVISORY

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CVE-2017-16355 (GCVE-0-2017-16355)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-12-14 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 20:20

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://blog.phusion.nl/2017/10/13/passenger-secu…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/40437…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4415	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/34	mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Date Public

2017-12-14 00:00

Show details on NVD website

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usn-5261-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2022-02-01 17:55

Modified

2026-06-25 10:46

Summary

passenger vulnerabilities

Details

It was discovered that Phusion Passenger incorrectly handled a file path in the application root folder. An attacker could possibly use this issue to read arbitrary files. (CVE-2017-16355)

It was discovered that Phusion Passenger had a race condition in the nginx module that could be used to perform a symlink attack. An attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges. (CVE-2018-12029)

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5261-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16355	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12029	REPORT

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  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
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              "id": "CVE-2017-16355",
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                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
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                },
                {
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "passenger",
            "binary_version": "5.0.27-2ubuntu0.1~esm1"
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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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ubuntu-cve-2017-16355

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2017-16355 (GCVE-0-2017-16355)

usn-5261-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

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