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SCA: security update for lynx (GHSA-94cq-7ccq-cmcm)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 421870

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2014-5002)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-94cq-7ccq-cmcm

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 421870

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-5002

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/24/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/7/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-5002

BID: 68738

cwe: CWE-200