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Lynx vulnerabilities

2021-03-1500:00:00
ubuntu.com
75
lynx
ubuntu
vulnerabilities
remote attacker
sensitive information
cve-2016-9179
cve-2017-1000211
cve-2021-38165
network monitoring

CVSS2

5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS3

5.3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

AI Score

5.8

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.006

Percentile

78.9%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
  • Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

  • lynx - classic non-graphical (text-mode) web browser

Details

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)

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Ubuntu20.04noarchlynx< 2.9.0dev.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu20.04noarchlynx< 2.9.0dev.5-1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu20.04noarchlynx-common< 2.9.0dev.5-1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu20.04noarchlynx-dbgsym< 2.9.0dev.5-1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu18.04noarchlynx< 2.8.9dev16-3ubuntu0.1~esm1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu18.04noarchlynx< 2.8.9dev16-3UNKNOWN
Ubuntu18.04noarchlynx-common< 2.8.9dev16-3UNKNOWN
Ubuntu18.04noarchlynx-dbgsym< 2.8.9dev16-3UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchlynx< 2.8.9dev8-4ubuntu1+esm2UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchlynx< 2.8.9dev8-4ubuntu1UNKNOWN
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CVSS2

5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS3

5.3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

AI Score

5.8

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.006

Percentile

78.9%