substantial/cap-strap · Security
Cap-Strap gem for Ruby places credentials on the useradd command line
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-pcm6-g2qp-9gw8
- CVE ID
- CVE-2014-4992
- Severity
- high
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 7.8 · CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS v3
- 7.8 · CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
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.
CWEs
- CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4992 ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pcm6-g2qp-9gw8 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/07/9 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/5 ↗
- http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/cap-strap-0.1.5.html ↗
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/cap-strap/CVE-2014-4992.yml ↗