GHSA-4ph7-5c44-pppv

kajam allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the process

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (reviewed) High CVE-2014-4999

Packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
RubyGems	kajam	<= 1.0.3.rc2	no fix listed

Details

As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).

`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.

References

External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4999 advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/07/19 web
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/5 web
http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/kajam-1.0.3.rc2.html web