| Name | CVE-2021-38165 |
| 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. |
| 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-2736-1, DSA-4953-1, ELA-472-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 991971 |
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, buster (security) | 2.8.9rel.1-3+deb10u1 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 2.9.0dev.6-3~deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 2.9.0dev.12-1 | fixed | |
| trixie | 2.9.0rel.0-2 | fixed | |
| sid | 2.9.1-1 | fixed | |
| 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 | source | experimental | 2.9.0dev.9-1 | |||
| lynx | source | stretch | 2.8.9dev11-1+deb9u1 | DLA-2736-1 | ||
| lynx | source | buster | 2.8.9rel.1-3+deb10u1 | DSA-4953-1 | ||
| lynx | source | bullseye | 2.9.0dev.6-3~deb11u1 | |||
| lynx | source | (unstable) | 2.9.0dev.6-3 | 991971 | ||
| lynx-cur | source | jessie | 2.8.9dev1-2+deb8u2 | ELA-472-1 |
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/lynx-dev/2021-08/msg00002.html
https://lynx.invisible-island.net/current/CHANGES.html#v2.9.0dev.9
https://invisible-mirror.net/archives/lynx/patches/lynx2.9.0dev.9.patch.gz