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Improper Input Validation of `-database` Parameter

Low
dm-2 published GHSA-rrp4-2xx3-mv29 Jan 31, 2022

Package

gomod gh-ost (Go)

Affected versions

<= 1.1.2

Patched versions

1.1.3

Description

Gh-ost version <= 1.1.2 allows users to inject DSN strings via the -database parameter.

This is a low severity vulnerability as the attacker must have access to the target host or trick an administrator into executing a malicious gh-ost command on a host running gh-ost, plus network access from host running gh-ost to the attack's malicious MySQL server.

Impact

This issue may lead to arbitrary local file read.

Patches

Fixed in 1.1.3+.

Workarounds

None

References

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Severity

Low

CVE ID

CVE-2022-21687

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