Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2017-16355 (CCN-136446)

Assigned:2017-11-01
Published:2017-11-01
Updated:2019-10-28
Summary:In agent/Core/SpawningKit/Spawner.h in Phusion Passenger 5.1.10 (fixed in Passenger Open Source 5.1.11 and Passenger Enterprise 5.1.10), if Passenger is running as root, it is possible to list the contents of arbitrary files on a system by symlinking a file named REVISION from the application root folder to a file of choice and querying passenger-status --show=xml.
CVSS v3 Severity:4.7 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
4.1 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): None
4.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
3.8 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): None
CVSS v2 Severity:1.2 Low (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): None
4.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): None
Vulnerability Type:CWE-200
Vulnerability Consequences:Obtain Information
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2017-16355

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Third Party Advisory
https://blog.phusion.nl/2017/10/13/passenger-security-advisory-5-1-11/

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
phusion-cve201716355-file-disc(136446)

Source: CCN
Type: passenger GIT Repository
Disable unused feature

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/4043718264095cde6623c2cbe8c644541036d7bf

Source: BUGTRAQ
Type: Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
20190324 [SECURITY] [DSA 4415-1] passenger security update

Source: DEBIAN
Type: Third Party Advisory
DSA-4415

Source: CCN
Type: Phusion Web site
Phusion

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2017-16355

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:phusion:passenger:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* (Version >= 5.0.10 and < 5.1.10)
  • OR cpe:/a:phusion:passenger:*:*:*:*:open_source:*:*:* (Version >= 5.0.10 and < 5.1.11)

    • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:phusion:passenger:5.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:201716355
    V
    		CVE-2017-16355
    2022-05-20
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:13888
    P
    		libarchive13-3.1.2-22.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:14080
    P
    		apache-commons-beanutils-1.9.2-1.149 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:14000
    P
    		patch-2.7.5-7.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:14731
    P
    		perl-HTML-Parser-3.71-1.145 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:13871
    P
    		libXext6-1.3.2-3.60 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:14069
    P
    		xscreensaver-5.22-7.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:13907
    P
    		libhivex0-1.3.10-4.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:14093
    P
    		avahi-0.6.32-30.36 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:14025
    P
    		rpcbind-0.2.3-21.4 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:14753
    P
    		qemu-2.11.2-4.14 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:13824
    P
    		gd-2.1.0-12.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:38124
    P
    		Security update for djvulibre (Important)
    2021-07-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:13756
    P
    		xorg-x11-libs-7.6-45.14 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:13734
    P
    		sysvinit-tools-2.88+-94.13 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:13726
    P
    		squid-3.3.13-4.2 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:39231
    P
    		Security update for mutt (Moderate)
    2021-01-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:37745
    P
    		busybox on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:39273
    P
    		Security update for rubygem-passenger (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:37966
    P
    		libssh2-1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:37733
    P
    		apache2-mod_perl on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:38482
    P
    		shim on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:38549
    P
    		augeas on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:38374
    P
    		libsqlite3-0 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:37734
    P
    		at on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:37829
    P
    		java-1_8_0-openjdk on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:38067
    P
    		squid on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:38521
    P
    		xinetd on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:38214
    P
    		gv on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:38593
    P
    		fontconfig on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:38433
    P
    		pam_ssh on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:2017163550000000
    V
    		CVE-2017-16355 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
    2017-12-14
    oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:201716355000
    V
    		CVE-2017-16355 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - untriaged.
    2017-12-14
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201716355000
    V
    		CVE-2017-16355 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2017-12-14
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2017163550000000
    V
    		CVE-2017-16355 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2017-12-14
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201716355000
    V
    		CVE-2017-16355 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
    2017-12-14
    oval:com.ubuntu.disco:def:2017163550000000
    V
    		CVE-2017-16355 on Ubuntu 19.04 (disco) - medium.
    2017-12-14
    oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201716355000
    V
    		CVE-2017-16355 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
    2017-12-14
    oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:2017163550000000
    V
    		CVE-2017-16355 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
    2017-12-14
    oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:201716355000
    V
    		CVE-2017-16355 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.
    2017-12-14
    BACK
    phusion passenger *
    phusion passenger *
    debian debian linux 9.0
    phusion passenger 5.1.10