GHSA-pcm6-g2qp-9gw8

Cap-Strap gem for Ruby places credentials on the useradd command line

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (reviewed) High CVE-2014-4992

Packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
RubyGems	cap-strap	0.1.5	no fix listed

Details

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

lib/cap-strap/helpers.rb in the cap-strap gem 0.1.5 for Ruby places credentials on the useradd command line, 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-2014-4992 advisory
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pcm6-g2qp-9gw8 advisory
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/cap-strap/CVE-2014-4992.yml web
https://github.com/substantial/cap-strap package
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/07/9 web
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/5 web
http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/cap-strap-0.1.5.html web