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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2013-7111

High
7.5/10

Summary

The put_call function in the API client (api/api_client.rb) in the BaseSpace Ruby SDK (aka bio-basespace-sdk) gem for Ruby uses the API_KEY on the command line, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by listing the processes.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published