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 products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- https://bugs.debian.org/991971 ↗
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/1 ↗
- https://lynx.invisible-island.net/current/CHANGES.html ↗
- https://github.com/w3c/libwww/blob/f010b4cc58d32f34b162f0084fe093f7097a61f0/Library/src/HTParse.c#L118 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/9 ↗
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/11 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/12 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/11 ↗
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00010.html ↗
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4953 ↗
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VKNK7GQBJBUBMJVNKVC7RTCYWUYMFJQW/ ↗
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K6PZF7JNTFCOJ62HXZG4Q2NEHSZ6IO2V/ ↗
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7YMUHFJJWTZ6HBHTYXVDPNZINGGURHDW/ ↗