Advisories » MGASA-2021-0422

Updated lynx packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 23 Sep 2021
Modification date: 23 Sep 2021
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases : 8
CVE: CVE-2021-38165

Description

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. (CVE-2021-38165)
                

References

• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29342
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/9
• https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4953
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-38165

SRPMS

8/core

• lynx-2.8.9-0.dev17.4.1.mga8