GitHub Advisoryadvisory · RubyGems

GHSA-4ph7-5c44-pppv kajam allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the process

HIGH Published 2022-05-14 Modified 2023-01-26 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2014-4999
Ecosystem
RubyGems
Packages
kajam
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-200
Reviewed
2023-01-26

Affected packages

• RubyGems kajam: <= 1.0.3.rc2 (no fix yet)

Description

`vendor/plugins/dataset/lib/dataset/database/mysql.rb` in the kajam gem 1.0.3.rc2 for Ruby places the mysql user password on the (1) mysqldump command line in the capture function and (2) mysql command line in the restore function, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the process.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2014-4999 vendor/plugins/dataset/lib/dataset/database/mysql.rb in the kajam gem 1.0.3.rc2 for Ruby places the mysql user password on the (1)… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness

References