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CVE-2014-5000 lawn-login exposes database password to unauthorized users

HighCVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.52% PoC
Published
Updated
Exploit status
Proof-of-concept only

Description

The login function in lib/lawn.rb in the lawn-login gem 0.0.7 for Ruby places credentials on the curl command line, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the process.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
rubygems lawn-login(RubyGems) = 0.0.7 No fix listed
lawn-login project lawn-login = 0.0.7 No fix listed

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