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newrelic_rpm Gem Discloses Sensitive Information

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 24, 2017 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Nov 5, 2023

Package

bundler newrelic_rpm (RubyGems)

Affected versions

>= 3.2.0, <= 3.5.3.23

Patched versions

3.5.3.24

Description

Ruby agent 3.2.0 through 3.5.3.23 serializes sensitive data when communicating with servers operated by New Relic, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (database credentials and SQL statements) by sniffing the network and deserializing the data.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Apr 9, 2013
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 24, 2017
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated Nov 5, 2023

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

0.287%
(69th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2013-0284

GHSA ID

GHSA-q6cw-2553-7837
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