
CVE catalog
CVE-2014-1831
passenger: CVE-2014-1831
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.37% · Oct 22, 2026
Phusion Passenger before 4.0.37 allows local users to write to certain files and directories via a symlink attack on (1) control_process.pid or a (2) generation-* file.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | passenger | sid | 6.2.0+ds-1 | fixed |
| Debian | passenger | forky | 6.2.0+ds-1 | fixed |
| Debian | passenger | trixie | 6.0.26+ds-1.1 | fixed |
| Debian | passenger | bookworm | 6.0.17+ds-1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | passenger | source | sid | 4.0.37-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | passenger | source | forky | 4.0.37-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | passenger | source | trixie | 4.0.37-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | passenger | source | bookworm | 4.0.37-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [libapache2-mod-passenger]Fixed
Source package: [passenger]
Details (2)
6.0.17+ds-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
4.0.37-1dsa · passenger · debian · bookworm; dsa · passenger · debian · 12
6.0.17+ds-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
4.0.37-1dsa · passenger · debian · bookworm; dsa · passenger · debian · 12
- [passenger]Fixed
Details (2)
6.0.17+ds-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
4.0.37-1dsa · passenger · debian · bookworm; dsa · passenger · debian · 12
6.0.17+ds-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
4.0.37-1dsa · passenger · debian · bookworm; dsa · passenger · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [libapache2-mod-passenger]Fixed
Source package: [passenger]
Details (2)
6.0.26+ds-1.1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
4.0.37-1dsa · passenger · debian · 13
6.0.26+ds-1.1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
4.0.37-1dsa · passenger · debian · 13
- [passenger]Fixed
Details (2)
6.0.26+ds-1.1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
4.0.37-1dsa · passenger · debian · 13
6.0.26+ds-1.1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
4.0.37-1dsa · passenger · debian · 13
Observed: