CVE-2017-16355

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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
4.7 MEDIUM
LOCAL
HIGH
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
mitreCNA
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 34%
VendorProductVersion
phusionpassenger
5.0.10 ≤
𝑥
< 5.1.10
phusionpassenger
5.0.10 ≤
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< 5.1.11
debiandebian_linux
9.0
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
passenger
bullseye
5.0.30-1.2+deb11u1
fixed
jessie
no-dsa
wheezy
not-affected
bookworm
6.0.17+ds-1
fixed
sid
6.0.20+ds-1
fixed
trixie
6.0.20+ds-1
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
passenger
jammy
not-affected
impish
not-affected
hirsute
not-affected
groovy
not-affected
focal
not-affected
eoan
not-affected
disco
Fixed 5.0.30-1+deb9u1build0.19.04.1
released
cosmic
Fixed 5.0.30-1+deb9u1build0.18.10.1
released
bionic
Fixed 5.0.30-1+deb9u1build0.18.04.1
released
artful
ignored
zesty
ignored
xenial
Fixed 5.0.27-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
released
trusty
dne
ruby-passenger
jammy
dne
impish
dne
hirsute
dne
groovy
dne
focal
dne
eoan
dne
disco
dne
cosmic
dne
bionic
dne
artful
dne
zesty
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne