Local Plaintext Password Disclosure Affecting lawn-login package, versions >= 0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RUBY-LAWNLOGIN-20178
  • published29 Jun 2014
  • disclosed29 Jun 2014
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 29 Jun 2014

CVE-2014-5000  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

Overview

lawn-login is a small gem which provides a secure method of logging into the GATech LAWN network. Affected versions of this gem expose password information in plaintext in the process table due to a flaw in /lib/lawn.rb. This may allow a local attacker to gain access to password information.

CVSS Scores

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