Package Instance

Log Plaintext Password Local Disclosure
REST Client for Ruby contains a flaw that is due to the application logging password information in plaintext. This may allow a local attacker to gain access to password information.

rest-client Gem Contains Malicious Code
The rest-client gem 1.6.10 through 1.6.13 for Ruby, as distributed on RubyGems.org, included a code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party.
Users of an affected version should consider downgrading to the last non-affected version of 1.6.9, or upgrading to 1.7.x.
Additionally, a set of other minor gems have been partially or completely yanked and are included in this advisory.
These include cron_parser, coin_base, blockchain_wallet, awesome-bot, doge-coin, capistrano-colors, bitcoin_vanity, lita_coin, coming-soon, and omniauth_amazon.

Session fixation vulnerability via Set-Cookie headers
The package rest-client in `abstract_response.rb` improperly handles `Set-Cookie` headers on HTTP redirection responses. Any cookies will be forwarded to the redirection target regardless of domain, path, or expiration. If you control a redirection source, you can cause rest-client to perform a request to any third-party domain with cookies of your choosing, which may be useful in performing a session fixation attack. If you control a redirection target, you can steal any cookies set by the third-party redirection request.