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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM : Lynx vulnerabilities (USN-4800-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 183113

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

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.

Solution

Update the affected lynx, lynx-common and / or lynx-cur packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4800-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 183113

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4800-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/16/2023

Updated: 8/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-1000211

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-9179

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lynx, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lynx-cur, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lynx-common, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:esm

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/15/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/4/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-9179, CVE-2017-1000211, CVE-2021-38165

USN: 4800-1