CVE-2018-12029

NameCVE-2018-12029
DescriptionA 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1399-1
Debian Bugs921767

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
passenger (PTS)buster5.0.30-1.1fixed
bullseye5.0.30-1.2+deb11u1fixed
trixie, bookworm6.0.17+ds-1fixed
sid6.0.20+ds-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
passengersourcestretch5.0.30-1+deb9u1
passengersource(unstable)5.0.30-1.1unimportant921767
ruby-passengersourcejessie4.0.53-1+deb8u1DLA-1399-1
ruby-passengersource(unstable)(unfixed)unimportant

Notes

https://blog.phusion.nl/2018/06/12/passenger-5-3-2-various-security-fixes/
https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/207870f5b7f5cc240587ab0977d6046782ae1d86 (release-5.3.2)
unimportant as nginx module not built.
Related hardening commits:
https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/9ed61bb4641ba1f5158fca3840d4e4088805b5af (release-5.3.2)
https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/4f663c8246f529e32575d50196d11cde12a6dfda (release-5.3.3)
https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/phusion-passenger-priv-esc

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