| Name | CVE-2016-9179 |
| Description | lynx: It was found that Lynx doesn't parse the authority component of the URL correctly when the host name part ends with '?', and could instead be tricked into connecting to a different host. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-719-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 843258 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| lynx (PTS) | stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 2.8.9dev11-1+deb9u1 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 2.8.9rel.1-3+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 2.9.0dev.6-3~deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.9.0dev.12-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.9.2-1 | fixed |
| lynx-cur (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.8.9dev1-2+deb8u2 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| lynx | source | (unstable) | 2.8.9dev11-1 | | | 843258 |
| lynx-cur | source | wheezy | 2.8.8dev.12-2+deb7u1 | | DLA-719-1 | |
| lynx-cur | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | |
Notes
[jessie] - lynx-cur <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/03/4
Slight mitigation and documentation improvement was done in 2.8.9dev.10 upstream
the uplaod to unstable as 2.8.9dev10-1