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From: Aaron Bauman <bman@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201807-02 ] Passenger: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2018 20:55:28
Message-Id: 20180722205143.GB8728@monkey
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201807-02
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Passenger: Multiple Vulnerabilities
9 Date: July 22, 2018
10 Bugs: #658346
11 ID: 201807-02
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Passenger, the worst of
19 which could result in the execution of arbitrary code.
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21 Background
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24 Passenger runs and manages your Ruby, Node.js, and Python apps.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 www-apache/passenger < 5.3.2 >= 5.3.2
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34 Description
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37 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Passenger. Please
38 review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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40 Impact
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43 A remote attacker could escalate privileges, execute arbitrary code,
44 cause a Denial of Service condition, or obtain sensitive information.
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46 Workaround
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49 There is no known workaround at this time.
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51 Resolution
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54 All Passenger users should upgrade to the latest version:
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56 # emerge --sync
57 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apache/passenger-5.3.2"
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59 References
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62 [ 1 ] CVE-2018-12026
63 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12026
64 [ 2 ] CVE-2018-12027
65 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12027
66 [ 3 ] CVE-2018-12028
67 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12028
68 [ 4 ] CVE-2018-12029
69 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12029
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71 Availability
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74 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
75 the Gentoo Security Website:
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77 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201807-02
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79 Concerns?
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82 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
83 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
84 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
85 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
86 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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88 License
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91 Copyright 2018 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
92 belongs to its owner(s).
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94 The contents of this document are licensed under the
95 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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97 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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