Local Plaintext Password Disclosure Affecting brbackup package, versions >= 0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team. Learn more

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications
  • Snyk IDSNYK-RUBY-BRBACKUP-20186
  • published8 Jul 2014
  • disclosed8 Jul 2014
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 8 Jul 2014

CVE-2014-5004  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

Overview

brbackup Gem exposes password information in plaintext in the process list. This may allow a local attacker to gain access to password information.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1