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Date: Mon,  7 Jul 2014 14:14:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: larry0@...com (Larry W. Cashdollar)
To: <oss-security@...ts.openwall.com>
Subject: Vulnerability Report for Ruby Gem kajam-1.0.3.rc2

Title: Vulnerability Report for Ruby Gem kajam-1.0.3.rc2

Author: Larry W. Cashdollar, @_larry0

Date: 06/01/2014

OSVDB: 108530

CVE:Please Assign

Download: http://rubygems.org/gems/kajam

Gem Author:  scienceblock@...il.com

From: ./kajam-1.0.3.rc2/vendor/plugins/dataset/lib/dataset/database/mysql.rb

Lines 18 and 24 expose the mysql user password to the process table via #{@...sword}.  If this Gem is used in the context of a rails application it maybe possible to inject commands via user supplied input as these variables are not sanitized before being passed to the shell.

015-      
16-      def capture(datasets)
17-        return if datasets.nil? || datasets.empty?
18:        `mysqldump -u #{@...rname} --password=#{@...sword} --compact --extended-insert --no-create-db --add-drop-table --quick --quote-names #{@...abase} > #{storage_path(datasets)}`
19-      end
20-      
21-      def restore(datasets)
22-        store = storage_path(datasets)
23-        if File.file?(store)
24:          `mysql -u #{@...rname} --password=#{@...sword} --database=#{@...abase} < #{store}`
25-          true
26-        end
27-      end


Advisory: http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/kajam-1.0.3.rc2.html

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