GLSA-201807-02 : Passenger: Multiple Vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 111225

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201807-02 (Passenger: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Passenger. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact :

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.

Solution

All Passenger users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-apache/passenger-5.3.2'

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 111225

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201807-02.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 7/23/2018

Updated: 9/3/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-12026

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:passenger

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/22/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-12026, CVE-2018-12027, CVE-2018-12028, CVE-2018-12029

GLSA: 201807-02

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