CVE-2012-6135
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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Description
RubyGems passenger gem allows remote attackers to delete files
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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References
- http://old.blog.phusion.nl/2013/03/05/phusion-passenger-4-0-beta-1-and-2-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6135
- https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/8c6693e0818772c345c979840d28312c2edd4ba4
- https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/8c6693e0818772c345c979840d28312c2edd4ba4#commitcomment-2643541
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82533
- https://github.com/phusion/passenger
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/passenger/CVE-2012-6135.yml
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6135
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200918164919/https://old.blog.phusion.nl/2013/03/05/phusion-passenger-4-0-beta-1-and-2-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/02/1
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.