The lynx gem before 1.0.0 for Ruby places the configured password on command lines, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing processes.
References
Link Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/07/23 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/5 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/lynx-0.2.0.html Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/panthomakos/lynx/issues/3 Third Party Advisory
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-01-10T18:00:00

Updated: 2018-10-15T17:57:01

Reserved: 2014-07-17T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2014-5002

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2018-01-10T18:29:00.777

Modified: 2019-05-06T14:24:53.237


Link: CVE-2014-5002

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CWE