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.

References

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/11

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/1

https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4953

https://lynx.invisible-island.net/current/CHANGES.html

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VKNK7GQBJBUBMJVNKVC7RTCYWUYMFJQW/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K6PZF7JNTFCOJ62HXZG4Q2NEHSZ6IO2V/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7YMUHFJJWTZ6HBHTYXVDPNZINGGURHDW/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00010.html

https://github.com/w3c/libwww/blob/f010b4cc58d32f34b162f0084fe093f7097a61f0/Library/src/HTParse.c#L118

https://bugs.debian.org/991971

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3