DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38165

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38165
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38165.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38165
Upstream
Published
2021-08-07T18:15:06Z
Modified
2025-09-19T07:31:46.060147Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / lynx

Package

Name
lynx
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/lynx?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.9.0dev.6-3~deb11u1

Affected versions

2.*

2.9.0dev.6-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / lynx

Package

Name
lynx
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/lynx?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.9.0dev.6-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / lynx

Package

Name
lynx
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/lynx?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.9.0dev.6-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / lynx

Package

Name
lynx
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/lynx?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.9.0dev.6-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}