CVE-2013-2119

N/A Unknown
Published: January 03, 2014 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

Phusion Passenger gem before 3.0.21 and 4.0.x before 4.0.5 for Ruby allows local users to cause a denial of service (prevent application start) or gain privileges by pre-creating a temporary "config" file in a directory with a predictable name in /tmp/ before it is used by the gem.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://blog.phusion.nl/2013/05/29/phusion-passenger-3-0-21-released/
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://blog.phusion.nl/2013/05/29/phusion-passenger-4-0-5-released/
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1136.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=892813
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://blog.phusion.nl/2013/05/29/phusion-passenger-3-0-21-released/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://blog.phusion.nl/2013/05/29/phusion-passenger-4-0-5-released/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1136.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=892813
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
17th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

redhat phusion ruby-lang