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FreeBSD : rubygem-passenger -- arbitrary file read vulnerability (8cf25a29-e063-11e7-9b2c-001e672571bc)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 105362

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Phusion reports :

The cPanel Security Team discovered a vulnerability in Passenger that allows users to list the contents of arbitrary files on the system.
CVE-2017-16355 has been assigned to this issue.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://blog.phusion.nl/2017/10/13/passenger-security-advisory-5-1-11/

http://www.nessus.org/u?cb51a29f

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 105362

File Name: freebsd_pkg_8cf25a29e06311e79b2c001e672571bc.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Published: 12/19/2017

Updated: 11/11/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.2

Temporal Score: 0.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-16355

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:rubygem-passenger

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/18/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/13/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-16355