Local Plaintext Password Disclosure Affecting rest-client package, versions < 1.7.3


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.04% (6th percentile)
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NVD
4 medium
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Red Hat
4 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RUBY-RESTCLIENT-20204
  • published 11 Jan 2015
  • disclosed 11 Jan 2015
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade rest-client to version 1.7.3 or higher.

Overview

rest-client gem is an HTTP and REST client for Ruby.

Affected versions of this gem log password information in plaintext. This may allow a local attacker to gain access to password information.