Overly broad permissions can turn one compromised account into a much larger security problem. Learn how to reduce unnecessary access, review privileges, and apply least privilege across modern Linux systems. Review Linux Privileges×

Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 501
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 501

Fedora 25: Critical Fix Released for Lynx URL Parsing Vulnerability

fedora
Calendar Grey February 14, 2017
Scroller Fedora
The recent Lynx patch for Fedora 25 mitigates a third-party flaw, enhancing overall security for internet navigation.
- update to the latest upstream pre-release (fixes CVE-2016-9179)

Summary

Lynx is a text-based Web browser. Lynx does not display any images,

but it does support frames, tables, and most other HTML tags. One

advantage Lynx has over graphical browsers is speed; Lynx starts and

exits quickly and swiftly displays web pages.

Update Information:

- update to the latest upstream pre-release (fixes CVE-2016-9179)

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Fedora critical fix Lynx URL parsing

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1391862 - CVE-2016-9179 lynx: Invalid URL parsing of pages containing '?' [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1391862

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade lynx' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

Severity
critical
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Name: lynx
Product: Fedora 25
Version: 2.8.9
Release: 0.14.dev11.fc25
URL: Summary : A text-based Web browser

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Fedora critical fix Lynx URL parsing

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.