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FKIE_CVE-2014-4991

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-01-10 18:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:10

Severity

7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

(1) lib/dataset/database/mysql.rb and (2) lib/dataset/database/postgresql.rb in the codders-dataset gem 1.3.2.1 for Ruby place credentials on the mysqldump command line, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the process.

References

URL	Tags
cve@mitre.org	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/07/8	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/5	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68733	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org	http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/codders-dataset-1.3.2.1.html	Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/07/8	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/5	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68733	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/codders-dataset-1.3.2.1.html	Exploit, Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	codders-dataset_project	codders-dataset	1.3.2.1

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CVE-2014-4991 (GCVE-0-2014-4991)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-01-10 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 11:34

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root Scorecard

References

4 references

URL	Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/5	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68733	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/07/8	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/codders-datas…	x_refsource_MISC

Date Public

2014-06-01 00:00

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