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Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2014 14:13:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: larry0@...com (Larry W. Cashdollar)
To: <oss-security@...ts.openwall.com>
Subject: Vulnerability Report for Ruby Gem codders-dataset-1.3.2.1
Title: Vulnerability Report for Ruby Gem codders-dataset-1.3.2.1
Author: Larry W. Cashdollar, @_larry0
Date: 06/01/2014
OSVDB: 108583
CVE:Please Assign
Download: http://rubygems.org/gems/codders-dataset
Gem Author: codders@...omonkey.org.uk
From: ./codders-dataset-1.3.2.1/lib/dataset/database/mysql.rb
Lines 18 and 24 expose the password to the process table, and are vulnerable to command injection if used in the context of a rails application. The #{@...rname} and #{@...sword} variables aren't properly sanitized before being passed to the command line.
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/codders-dataset-1.3.2.1.html
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