CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-38165
5.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-08-07
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.6 LOW — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-522
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.
Affected configurations
• lynx project lynx (<= 2.8.9)
• debian debian linux 9.0
• debian debian linux 10.0
• fedoraproject fedora 33
• fedoraproject fedora 34
• fedoraproject fedora 35
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/11 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/12 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/9 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/991971 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/w3c/libwww/blob/f010b4cc58d32f34b162f0084fe093f7097a61f0/Library/src/HTParse.c#L118 Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00010.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7YMUHFJJWTZ6HBHTYXVDPNZINGGURHDW/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K6PZF7JNTFCOJ62HXZG4Q2NEHSZ6IO2V/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VKNK7GQBJBUBMJVNKVC7RTCYWUYMFJQW/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lynx.invisible-island.net/current/CHANGES.html Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4953 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/11 Mailing List
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/11 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/12 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/9 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/991971 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/w3c/libwww/blob/f010b4cc58d32f34b162f0084fe093f7097a61f0/Library/src/HTParse.c#L118 Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00010.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7YMUHFJJWTZ6HBHTYXVDPNZINGGURHDW/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K6PZF7JNTFCOJ62HXZG4Q2NEHSZ6IO2V/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VKNK7GQBJBUBMJVNKVC7RTCYWUYMFJQW/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lynx.invisible-island.net/current/CHANGES.html Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4953 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/11 Mailing List