CVE-2021-38165 - Lynx Project Lynx and Debian Debian Linux
Critical 7.5
Lynx through 2.8.9 mishandles the userinfo subcomponent of a URI, which allows remote attackers to discover cleartext credentials because they may appear in SNI data.
Affected software
Lynx Project Lynx
Debian Debian Linux
Reference links
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/1
- https://github.com/w3c/libwww/blob/f010b4cc58d32f34b162f0084fe093f7097a61f0/Library/src/HTParse.c#L118
- https://lynx.invisible-island.net/current/CHANGES.html
- https://bugs.debian.org/991971
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/11
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/9
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/12
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/11
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00010.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4953