UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16355

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16355

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16355.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16355

Related

Published

2017-12-14T22:29:00Z

Modified

2017-12-14T22:29:00Z

Severity

4.7 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator

Summary

[none]

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / passenger

Package

Name: passenger
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/passenger?arch=src?distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

5.0.27-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

5.*

5.0.7-3

5.0.22-1

5.0.22-1build1

5.0.22-1build2

5.0.27-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "5.0.27-2ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libapache2-mod-passenger"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.0.27-2ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libapache2-mod-passenger-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.0.27-2ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "passenger"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.0.27-2ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "passenger-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.0.27-2ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "passenger-doc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.0.27-2ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "ruby-passenger"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.0.27-2ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "ruby-passenger-doc"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / passenger

Package

Name: passenger
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/passenger?arch=src?distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

5.0.30-1+deb9u1build0.18.04.1

Affected versions

5.*

5.0.30-1

5.0.30-1build1

5.0.30-1build2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "5.0.30-1+deb9u1build0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libapache2-mod-passenger"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.0.30-1+deb9u1build0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libapache2-mod-passenger-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.0.30-1+deb9u1build0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "passenger"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.0.30-1+deb9u1build0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "passenger-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.0.30-1+deb9u1build0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "passenger-doc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.0.30-1+deb9u1build0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "ruby-passenger"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.0.30-1+deb9u1build0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "ruby-passenger-doc"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / passenger

Package

Name: passenger
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/passenger?arch=src?distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

5.0.30-1.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "5.0.30-1.1",
            "binary_name": "libapache2-mod-passenger"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.0.30-1.1",
            "binary_name": "libapache2-mod-passenger-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.0.30-1.1",
            "binary_name": "passenger"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.0.30-1.1",
            "binary_name": "passenger-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.0.30-1.1",
            "binary_name": "passenger-doc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.0.30-1.1",
            "binary_name": "ruby-passenger"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.0.30-1.1",
            "binary_name": "ruby-passenger-doc"
        }
    ]
}