In short
- CVE-2014-4999 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability affecting kajam, kajam (kajam project).
- Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.52%, higher than 44.5% of all vulnerabilities.
- No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|
| kajam RubyGems | ≤ 1.0.3.rc2
| No fix yet |
| kajam | = 1.0.3
| No fix yet |
Description
vendor/plugins/dataset/lib/dataset/database/mysql.rb in the kajam gem 1.0.3.rc2 for Ruby places the mysql user password on the (1) mysqldump command line in the capture function and (2) mysql command line in the restore function, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the process.
NVD description
vendor/plugins/dataset/lib/dataset/database/mysql.rb in the kajam gem 1.0.3.rc2 for Ruby places the mysql user password on the (1) mysqldump command line in the capture function and (2) mysql command line in the restore function, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the process.
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