CVE-2016-10345
high
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.8
Description
In Phusion Passenger before 5.1.0, a known /tmp filename was used during passenger-install-nginx-module execution, which could allow local attackers to gain the privileges of the passenger user.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
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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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 6.0.10-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 6.0.10-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 6.0.10-1 |
| bullseye | Affected | — |
| bookworm | Fixed | 6.0.10-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| phusion | passenger | {"endIncluding":"5.0.30"} | |
References
- https://blog.phusion.nl/2017/01/10/passenger-5-1-1/
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10345.html
- https://github.com/phusion/passenger/blob/stable-5.1/CHANGELOG
- https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/e5b4b0824d6b648525b4bf63d9fa37e5beeae441
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10345
- https://blog.phusion.nl/2017/01/10/passenger-5-1-1
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cqxw-3p7v-p9gr
- https://github.com/phusion/passenger
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/passenger/CVE-2016-10345.yml
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10345
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.