CVE-2014-5002

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-5002
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-01-10 18:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-05-06 14:24:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-255

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Lynx Project Lynx All All All All
Application Lynx Project Lynx All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE: MySql password exposed on the command line · Issue #3 · panthomakos/lynx · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: Vulnerability Report for Ruby Gem codders-dataset-1.3.2.1 (etc.) MLIST www.openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Vulnerability Report for Ruby Gem lynx-0.2.0 MLIST www.openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/lynx-0.2.0.html MISC www.vapid.dhs.org Exploit, Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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