--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2017-bf172b2035
2017-12-26 15:02:57.897176
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name        : lynx
Product     : Fedora 26
Version     : 2.8.9
Release     : 0.20.dev16.fc26
URL         : http://lynx.browser.org/
Summary     : A text-based Web browser
Description :
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-2017-1000211)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1522617 - CVE-2017-1000211 lynx: Use after free in HTML.c:HTML_put_string() can lead to memory disclosure
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1522617
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------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

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Fedora 26: lynx Security Update

December 26, 2017
- update to the latest upstream pre-release (fixes CVE-2017-1000211)

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 to the latest upstream pre-release (fixes CVE-2017-1000211)

[ 1 ] Bug #1522617 - CVE-2017-1000211 lynx: Use after free in HTML.c:HTML_put_string() can lead to memory disclosure

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1522617

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

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the

GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at

package-announce mailing list -- package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org

To unsubscribe send an email to package-announce-leave@lists.fedoraproject.org

FEDORA-2017-bf172b2035 2017-12-26 15:02:57.897176 Product : Fedora 26 Version : 2.8.9 Release : 0.20.dev16.fc26 URL : http://lynx.browser.org/ Summary : A text-based Web browser Description : 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 to the latest upstream pre-release (fixes CVE-2017-1000211) [ 1 ] Bug #1522617 - CVE-2017-1000211 lynx: Use after free in HTML.c:HTML_put_string() can lead to memory disclosure https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1522617 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 All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at package-announce mailing list -- package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to package-announce-leave@lists.fedoraproject.org

Change Log

References

Update Instructions

Severity
Product : Fedora 26
Version : 2.8.9
Release : 0.20.dev16.fc26
URL : http://lynx.browser.org/
Summary : A text-based Web browser

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