GSD-2014-4995

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2014-06-30 00:00
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VladTheEnterprising Gem for Ruby contains a flaw as the program creates temporary files insecurely. It is possible for a local attacker to use a symlink attack against the /tmp/my.cnf.#{target_host} file they can overwrite arbitrary files, gain access to the MySQL root password, or inject arbitrary commands.
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    "description": "Race condition in lib/vlad/dba/mysql.rb in the VladTheEnterprising gem 0.2 for Ruby allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the MySQL root password from a temporary file before it is removed.",
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