Information disclosure?

[Pat Maddox]

No, it's not meant to clear the buffer.  If you need to clear the
buffer, just cat a really, really long file.



On 4/21/05, Jesper Wallin <jesper at hackunite.net> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> For some reason, I thought little about the "clear" command today..
> Let's say a privileged user (root) logs on, edit a sensitive file (e.g,
> a file containing a password, running vipw, etc) .. then runs clear and
> logout. Then anyone can press the scroll-lock command, scroll back up
> and read the sensitive information.. Isn't "clear" ment to clear the
> backbuffer instead of printing a full screen of returns? If it does, I'm
> not sure how that would effect a user running "clear" on a pty (telnet,
> sshd, screen, etc) ..
> 
> Best regards,
> Jesper Wallin
> 
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