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Mageia 8 Lynx Update: 2021-0422 Moderate Credential Exposure

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Calendar Grey September 23, 2021
Dist Mageia Esm H88
New Lynx versions address security vulnerabilities in Mageia 8, released on 23 Sep 2021.
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

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. (CVE-2021-38165)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29342

- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/9

- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2021/msg00136.html

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-38165

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory lynx credential leak remote exposure Mageia

Resolution

SRPMS

- 8/core/lynx-2.8.9-0.dev17.4.1.mga8

Severity
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Publication date: 23 Sep 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0422.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2021-38165

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Topics Covered

security advisory lynx credential leak remote exposure Mageia

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