CVE-2014-10075

The karo gem 2.3.8 for Ruby allows Remote command injection via the host field.

The karo gem 2.3.8 for Ruby allows Remote command injection via the host field.

The karo gem 2.3.8 for Ruby allows Remote command injection via the host field.

The karo gem through 2.5.2 for Ruby allows Remote command injection via the host field.

A flaw in db.rb is triggered when handling metacharacters. This may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands.

In particular lines 76 and 95 (as of 2014-06-01) pass unsanitized user supplied input to the command line.

73-      host = "{@configuration["user"]}@{@configuration["host"]}"
74-      cmd  = "ssh #{host} cat {server_db_config_file}"
75-
76:      server_db_config_output = `{cmd}`
79-
--
89- def drop_and_create_local_database(local_db_config)
90-      command = case local_db_config["adapter"]
91-      when "mysql2"
93-      when "postgresql"
95-          dropdb -h #{local_db_config["host"]} -U #{local_db_config["username"]} --if-exists #{local_db_config["database"]}

If this gem is used in the context of a rails application malicious input could lead to remote command injection. As of version 2.5.2 the affected code lines have not changed.

The karo gem through 2.5.2 for Ruby allows Remote command injection via the host field.

A flaw in db.rb is triggered when handling metacharacters. This may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands.

In particular lines 76 and 95 (as of 2014-06-01) pass unsanitized user supplied input to the command line.

73-      host = "{@configuration["user"]}@{@configuration["host"]}"
74-      cmd  = "ssh #{host} cat {server_db_config_file}"
75-
76:      server_db_config_output = `{cmd}`
79-
--
89- def drop_and_create_local_database(local_db_config)
90-      command = case local_db_config["adapter"]
91-      when "mysql2"
93-      when "postgresql"
95-          dropdb -h #{local_db_config["host"]} -U #{local_db_config["username"]} --if-exists #{local_db_config["database"]}

If this gem is used in the context of a rails application malicious input could lead to remote command injection. As of version 2.5.2 the affected code lines have not changed.