newrelic/newrelic-ruby-agent · Security
newrelic_rpm Gem Discloses Sensitive Information
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-q6cw-2553-7837
- CVE ID
- CVE-2013-0284
- Severity
- medium
- Published
- Updated
Description
Ruby agent 3.2.0 through 3.5.3.23 serializes sensitive data when communicating with servers operated by New Relic, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (database credentials and SQL statements) by sniffing the network and deserializing the data.
CWEs
- CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0284 ↗
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q1/304 ↗
- https://web.archive.org/web/20130117025417/https://newrelic.com/docs/ruby/ruby-agent-security-notification ↗
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/newrelic_rpm/CVE-2013-0284.yml ↗
- https://newrelic.com/docs/ruby/ruby-agent-security-notification ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q6cw-2553-7837 ↗