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ghsa-88f3-hp86-v36f

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-05-24 19:10

Modified

2022-05-24 19:10

Details

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.

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    "severity": "HIGH"
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  "modified": "2022-05-24T19:10:20Z",
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CVE-2021-38165 (GCVE-0-2021-38165)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2021-08-07 17:33

Modified

2024-08-04 01:37

Severity ?

CWE

Summary

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

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	https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/1	x_refsource_MISC
	https://lynx.invisible-island.net/current/CHANGES.html	x_refsource_MISC
	https://github.com/w3c/libwww/blob/f010b4cc58d32f34b162f0084fe093f7097a61f0/Library/src/HTParse.c#L118	x_refsource_MISC
	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/9	mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
	https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/11	x_refsource_MISC
	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/12	mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/11	mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
	https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00010.html	mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
	https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4953	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
	https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VKNK7GQBJBUBMJVNKVC7RTCYWUYMFJQW/	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
	https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K6PZF7JNTFCOJ62HXZG4Q2NEHSZ6IO2V/	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
	https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7YMUHFJJWTZ6HBHTYXVDPNZINGGURHDW/	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	n/a	Version: n/a

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