Description
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.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 4.7/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- https://blog.phusion.nl/2017/10/13/passenger-security-advisory-5-1-11/Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/4043718264095cde6623c2cbe8c644541036d7bfPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/34Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4415Third Party Advisory
- https://blog.phusion.nl/2017/10/13/passenger-security-advisory-5-1-11/Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/4043718264095cde6623c2cbe8c644541036d7bfPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/34Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4415Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Dec 14, 2017
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified