RubyGems passenger 4.0.0 betas 1 and 2 allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files during the startup process.

Affects both open source and Enterprise versions (4.0.0.beta1, 4.0.0.beta2).

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6135
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82533
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6135
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/02/1
• phusion/passenger@8c6693e
• https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/passenger/CVE-2012-6135.yml
• phusion/passenger@8c6693e#commitcomment-2643541
• https://web.archive.org/web/20200918164919/https://old.blog.phusion.nl/2013/03/05/phusion-passenger-4-0-beta-1-and-2-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability/