| 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 |
| Debian Bugs | 991971 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| lynx (PTS) | 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 |
| sid, trixie | 2.9.1-1 | 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 |
Notes
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