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CVE-2013-2119 json

Phusion Passenger Denial of Service

published 12y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-9qj7-jvg4-qr2x , EUVD-2017-0208

cvss
4.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 34%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Phusion Passenger gem before 3.0.21 and 4.0.x before 4.0.5 for Ruby allows local users to cause a denial of service (prevent application start) or gain privileges by pre-creating a temporary "config" file in a directory with a predictable name in /tmp/ before it is used by the gem.

Patch / fix

  • rubygems passenger 3.0.21, 4.0.5
  • rubygem-passenger openshift 1.2 3.0.21-3.el6op
  • mod_passenger openshift 1.2 3.0.21-3.el6op
  • rubygem-spruz openshift 1.2 0.2.5-4.el6op
  • rubygem-file-tail openshift 1.2 1.0.5-4.el6op
  • ruby193-mod_passenger openshift 1.2 3.0.21-3.el6op
  • rubygem-passenger-native openshift 1.2 3.0.21-3.el6op
  • ruby193-rubygem-passenger openshift 1.2 3.0.21-3.el6op
  • rubygem-passenger-native-libs openshift 1.2 3.0.21-3.el6op

red hat advisories RHSA-2013:1136

  • rubygem-passenger WebYast 1.3, Studio Onsite 1.3, Lifecycle Management Server 1.3 3.0.14-0.14.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:0042-1

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2013-2119 updated cvss 4.6

rubygem-passenger: incorrect temporary file usage

  • Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise Node rubygem-spruz 0.2.5-4.el6op, mod_passenger 3.0.21-3.el6op, rubygem-file-tail 1.0.5-4.el6op, rubygem-passenger 3.0.21-3.el6op, ruby193-mod_passenger 3.0.21-3.el6op, rubygem-passenger-native 3.0.21-3.el6op, +4 more Red Hat RHOSE Infrastructure 1.2 rubygem-spruz 0.2.5-4.el6op, mod_passenger 3.0.21-3.el6op, rubygem-file-tail 1.0.5-4.el6op, rubygem-passenger 3.0.21-3.el6op, ruby193-mod_passenger 3.0.21-3.el6op, rubygem-passenger-native 3.0.21-3.el6op, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1136

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Exploit prediction

0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
rubygems passenger
<3.0.21
>=4.0.1, <4.0.5
3.0.21
4.0.5

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
  • CWE-377 DEPRECATED: Insecure Temporary File

References

Sources

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