GHSA-vqcm-7f7f-r539HighCVSS 7.8
brbackup exposes database password to unauthorized users
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
lib/brbackup.rb in the brbackup gem 0.1.1 for Ruby places the database password on the mysql command line, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the process.
🎯 Affected products1
- rubygems/brbackup:= 0.1.1
🔗 References (7)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5004
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/10/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/5
- http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/brbackup-0.1.1.html
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/brbackup/CVE-2014-5004.yml
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200229054738/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68506
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vqcm-7f7f-r539