Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201812029000
Revision Date:2018-06-17Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-12029 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
Description:A race condition in the nginx module in Phusion Passenger 3.x through 5.x before 5.3.2 allows local escalation of privileges when a non-standard passenger_instance_registry_dir with insufficiently strict permissions is configured. Replacing a file with a symlink after the file was created, but before it was chowned, leads to the target of the link being chowned via the path. Targeting sensitive files such as root's crontab file allows privilege escalation.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-12029
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) is installed.
  • AND The vulnerability of the 'passenger' package in bionic is not known (status: 'needs-triage'). It is pending evaluation.
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