Mageia alert MGASA-2013-0253 (rubygem-passenger)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2013-0253: Updated rubygem-passenger package fixes CVE-2013-4136 & apache module 
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MGASA-2013-0253 - Updated rubygem-passenger package fixes CVE-2013-4136 & apache module

Publication date: 22 Aug 2013
URL: http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0253.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 3
CVE: CVE-2013-4146

Description:
Updated rubygem-passenger package fixes security vulnerability:

It was reported that Phusion Passenger would reuse existing server instance
directories (temporary directories) which could cause Passenger to remove or
overwrite files belonging to other instances (CVE-2013-4136).

Additionally, the package has been fixed so that the Apache module should load.

References:
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announc...
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10890
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4146

SRPMS:
- 3/core/rubygem-passenger-3.0.21-2.2.mga3