Gentoo: GLSA-201807-02 Normal: Multiple Passenger Code Exploits
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July 22, 2018
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Passenger, the worst of which could result in the execution of arbitrary code.
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Passenger. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Topics Covered
Resolution
All Passenger users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apache/passenger-5.3.2"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2018-12026 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12026 [ 2 ] CVE-2018-12027 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12027 [ 3 ] CVE-2018-12028 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12028 [ 4 ] CVE-2018-12029 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12029
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201807-02
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Concerns
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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Severity: Normal
Title: Passenger: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: July 22, 2018
Bugs: #658346
ID: 201807-02
Topics Covered
Background
Passenger runs and manages your Ruby, Node.js, and Python apps.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 www-apache/passenger < 5.3.2 >= 5.3.2
Impact
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A remote attacker could escalate privileges, execute arbitrary code,
cause a Denial of Service condition, or obtain sensitive information.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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