Description
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.
Published: 2017-12-14
Score: 4.7 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4415-1 passenger security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-3633 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-cv3f-px9r-54hm Phusion Passenger information disclosure
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5261-1 Phusion Passenger vulnerabilities
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Debian Debian Linux
Phusion Passenger
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:20:05.642Z

Reserved: 2017-11-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-16355

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-12-14T22:29:00.210

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-16355

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-10-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-16355 - Bugzilla

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