SB2016010802 - Input validation error in Phusion Passenger
Published: January 8, 2016 Updated: August 9, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016010802
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-7519)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
agent/Core/Controller/SendRequest.cpp in Phusion Passenger before 4.0.60 and 5.0.x before 5.0.22, when used in Apache integration mode or in standalone mode without a filtering proxy, allows remote attackers to spoof headers passed to applications by using an _ (underscore) character instead of a - (dash) character in an HTTP header, as demonstrated by an X_User header.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00024.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/07/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/07/2
- https://blog.phusion.nl/2015/12/07/cve-2015-7519/
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=956281
- https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/ddb8ecc4ebf260e4967f57f271d4f5761abeac3e
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00007.html
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/passenger-dec-2015-security-fixes