lynx: It was found that Lynx doesn't parse the authority component of the URL correctly when the host name part ends with '?', and could instead be tricked into connecting to a different host.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - lynx: It was found that Lynx doesn't parse the authority component of the URL correctly when the host name     part ends with '?', and could instead be tricked into connecting to a different host. (CVE-2016-9179)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4800-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Lynx incorrectly handled certain URLs. A remote attacker could possibly use this     issue to obtain sensitive information or other unspecified impact. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04     ESM. (CVE-2016-9179)

    It was discovered that Lynx incorrectly handled certain HTML files. A remote attacker could possibly use     this issue to obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2017-1000211)

    Thorsten Glaser discovered that Lynx mishandles the userinfo subcomponents of a URI. An attacker     monitoring the network could discover cleartext credentials because they may appear in SNI data.
    (CVE-2021-38165)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the version of the lynx package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - lynx: It was found that Lynx doesn't parse the     authority component of the URL correctly when the host     name part ends with '?', and could instead be tricked     into connecting to a different host.(CVE-2016-9179)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for lynx fixes the following issues :

  - CVE-2016-9179: It was found that Lynx doesn't parse the     authority component of the URL correctly when the host     name part ends with '?', and could instead be tricked     into connecting to a different host. (bsc#1008642)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

- update to the latest upstream pre-release (fixes     CVE-2016-9179)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Oracle reports :

Lynx is vulnerable to POODLE by still supporting vulnerable version of SSL. Lynx is also vulnerable to URL attacks by incorrectly parsing hostnames ending with an '?'.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
220092	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2016-9179	Nessus	Misc.	high
183113	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM : Lynx vulnerabilities (USN-4800-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
140904	EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : lynx (EulerOS-SA-2020-2137)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
97713	openSUSE Security Update : lynx (openSUSE-2017-330)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
97178	Fedora 25 : lynx (2017-c9828b259c)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
96363	FreeBSD : lynx -- multiple vulnerabilities (03532a19-d68e-11e6-9171-14dae9d210b8) (POODLE)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	high

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