lynx 0.4.0

2 security vulnerabilities found in version 0.4.0

lynx Gem for Ruby lib/lynx/pipe/run.rb Remote Command Execution

high severity OSVDB-108579
high severity OSVDB-108579

lynx Gem for Ruby contains a flaw in lib/lynx/pipe/run.rb that may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands.

lynx Gem for Ruby command/basic.rb Process Table Local Plaintext Password Disclosure

high severity CVE-2014-5002
high severity CVE-2014-5002
Patched versions: >= 1.0.0

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.

No officially reported memory leakage issues detected.


This gem version does not have any officially reported memory leaked issues.

Author did not declare license for this gem in the gemspec.


This gem version has a MIT license in the source code, however it was not declared in the gemspec file.

This gem version is available.


This gem version has not been yanked and is still available for usage.