CVE-2021-38165
Publication date 7 August 2021
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
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.
Status
Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
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lynx | 24.10 oracular |
Not affected
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24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
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22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
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20.04 LTS focal |
Fixed 2.9.0dev.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
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18.04 LTS bionic |
Fixed 2.8.9dev16-3ubuntu0.1~esm1
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16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 2.8.9dev8-4ubuntu1+esm2
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14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
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Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 5.3 · Medium |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | High |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | Required |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | High |
Integrity impact | None |
Availability impact | None |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
References
Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)
- USN-4800-1
- Lynx vulnerabilities
- 15 March 2021
Other references
- https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/lynx-dev/2021-08/msg00002.html
- https://lynx.invisible-island.net/current/CHANGES.html#v2.9.0dev.9
- https://invisible-mirror.net/archives/lynx/patches/lynx2.9.0dev.9.patch.gz
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/1
- https://github.com/w3c/libwww/blob/f010b4cc58d32f34b162f0084fe093f7097a61f0/Library/src/HTParse.c#L118
- https://lynx.invisible-island.net/current/CHANGES.html
- https://bugs.debian.org/991971
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/11
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/9
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-38165