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gem: lynx
cve: 2014-5002
osvdb: 108580
url: http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/108580
title: lynx Gem for Ruby command/basic.rb Process Table Local Plaintext Password Disclosure
date: 2014-06-30
description: lynx Gem for Ruby contains a flaw in command/basic.rb that is due to the application exposing password information in plaintext in the process table. This may allow a local attacker to gain access to password information.