newrelic_rpm Gem Discloses Sensitive Information (GHSA-q6cw-2553-7837)
Published: 2017-10-24T18:33:37Z
Aliases: CVE-2013-0284
Severity: MODERATE · CWE: CWE-200

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.

Affected packages:
package: ecosystem: RubyGems
name: newrelic_rpm
ranges: type: ECOSYSTEM
events: introduced: 3.2.0
fixed: 3.5.3.24
database_specific: last_known_affected_version_range: <= 3.5.3.23