| Name | CVE-2012-5821 |
| Description | Lynx does not verify that the server's certificate is signed by a trusted certification authority, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via a crafted certificate, related to improper use of a certain GnuTLS function. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 692443 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| lynx-cur (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.8.9dev1-2+deb8u2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| lynx-cur | source | (unstable) | 2.8.8dev.15-1 | low | | 692443 |
Notes
[squeeze] - lynx-cur <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - lynx-cur <no-dsa> (Minor issue)