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CVE-2014-1831 Details

Description

Phusion Passenger before 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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/149032.html CVE
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/28/8 CVE
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/30/3 CVE
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736958 CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1058992 CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
phusion passenger
<= 4.0.36

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:phusion:passenger:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-1831
NVD Published Date:
Feb 19, 2015
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]