rubygem-passenger: insecure use of temporary files
Published Feb 19, 2015
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.37%
Description
Phusion Passenger 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. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-1831.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4
ruby193-rubygem-passenger
Will not fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4
rubygem-passenger
Will not fix
Red Hat Software Collections
ruby193-rubygem-passenger40
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4 | ruby193-rubygem-passenger | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4 | rubygem-passenger | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Software Collections | ruby193-rubygem-passenger40 | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.37% (0.00371) | 28.60th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.37% (0.00371) | 28.63th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.11% (0.00111) | 27.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 41.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 39.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 37.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 20.32th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (11)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/149032.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/29/6 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/30/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1832 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736958 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1058992 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qw8w-2xcp-xg59 Advisory
- https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/94428057c602da3d6d34ef75c78091066ecac5c0 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/passenger/CVE-2014-1832.yml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1832
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1832
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/149032.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/29/6 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/30/3 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1832 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736958 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1058992 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qw8w-2xcp-xg59 | Advisory | |
| https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/94428057c602da3d6d34ef75c78091066ecac5c0 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/passenger/CVE-2014-1832.yml | ||
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1832 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1832 |
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