SUSE-SU-2017:0599-1

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Source
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20170599-1/
Import Source
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2017:0599-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/SUSE-SU-2017:0599-1
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Published
2017-03-03T16:47:37Z
Modified
2025-05-08T17:02:16.473201Z
Summary
Security update for lynx
Details

This update for lynx fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2016-9179: 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. (bsc#1008642)
References

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 / lynx

Package

Name
lynx
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/lynx&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.8.6-145.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "lynx": "2.8.6-145.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2017:0599-1.json"