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CVE-2018-12028
Incorrect Access Control in Phusion Passenger
Impact
An Incorrect Access Control vulnerability in SpawningKit in Phusion Passenger 5.3.x before 5.3.2 allows a Passenger-managed malicious application, upon spawning a child process, to report an arbitrary different PID back to Passenger's process manager. If the malicious application then generates an error, it would cause Passenger's process manager to kill said reported arbitrary PID.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| rubygems | passenger | >= 5.3.0, < 5.3.2 | 5.3.2 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Phusion | Passenger | from 5.3.0 before 5.3.2 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://blog.phusion.nl/passenger-5-3-2
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201807-02
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jjhj-8gx7-x836
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12028
- https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/1e7c82deb4901c438f583737d8c9f2aac264737c
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/passenger/CVE-2018-12028.yml