MGASA-2017-0451

Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0451.html
Import Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0451.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MGASA-2017-0451
Related
Published
2017-12-16T23:20:04Z
Modified
2017-12-16T22:55:04Z
Summary
Updated lynx package fixes security vulnerability
Details

Lynx before 2.8.9dev.16 is vulnerable to a use after free in the HTML parser resulting in memory disclosure, because HTMLputstring() can append a chunk onto itself. (CVE-2017-1000211)

References
Credits

Affected packages

Mageia:5 / lynx

Package

Name
lynx
Purl
pkg:rpm/mageia/lynx?distro=mageia-5

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.8.8-1.rel2.3.2.mga5

Ecosystem specific

{
    "section": "core"
}

Mageia:6 / lynx

Package

Name
lynx
Purl
pkg:rpm/mageia/lynx?distro=mageia-6

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.8.8-1.rel2.6.1.mga6

Ecosystem specific

{
    "section": "core"
}