CVE-2014-1832

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2014-01-28
CWE:
CWE-377
Bugzilla:
1058992: CVE-2014-1831 CVE-2014-1832 rubygem-passenger: insecure use of temporary files

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2014-1832 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 2.1
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux ruby193-rubygem-passenger Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0 rubygem-passenger Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0 ruby193-rubygem-passenger Will not fix

Last Modified

CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation

Close

Welcome! Check out the Getting Started with Red Hat page for quick tours and guides for common tasks.