MEDIUM5.5

GHSA-x4vj-279x-qwf2

VladTheEnterprising allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack

Details

`lib/vlad/dba/mysql.rb` in the VladTheEnterprising gem 0.2 for Ruby allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on `/tmp/my.cnf.#{target_host}`.

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Affected packages

RubyGems/VladTheEnterprising

Introduced in: 0

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4996[ADVISORY]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94744[WEB]
https://web.archive.org/web/20200229054941/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68731[WEB]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/07/14[WEB]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/5[WEB]
http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/VladTheEnterprising-0.2.html[WEB]