CVE-2014-4993: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

January 10, 2018 (updated January 30, 2018)

(1) lib/backup/cli/utility.rb in the backup-agoddard gem and (2) lib/backup/cli/utility.rb in the backup_checksum gem for Ruby place credentials on the openssl command line, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the process.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4993

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