ghsa-6fcq-3cm2-j3j5
Vulnerability from github
Published
2018-07-23 19:50
Modified
2023-07-31 20:51
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Kcapifony gem for Ruby places database user passwords on the command line
Details

lib/ksymfony1.rb in the kcapifony gem 2.1.6 for Ruby places database user passwords on the (1) mysqldump, (2) pg_dump, (3) mysql, and (4) psql command lines, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the processes.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "RubyGems",
        "name": "kcapifony"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "last_affected": "2.1.6"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2014-5001"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-200"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:19:03Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2018-01-10T18:29:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "`lib/ksymfony1.rb` in the kcapifony gem 2.1.6 for Ruby places database user passwords on the (1) `mysqldump`, (2) `pg_dump`, (3) `mysql`, and (4) `psql` command lines, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the processes.",
  "id": "GHSA-6fcq-3cm2-j3j5",
  "modified": "2023-07-31T20:51:51Z",
  "published": "2018-07-23T19:50:11Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5001"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/Kunstmaan/kCapifony"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/kcapifony/CVE-2014-5001.yml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/07/21"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/5"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/kcapifony-2.1.6.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Kcapifony gem for Ruby places database user passwords on the command line"
}


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