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CVE-2021-38165
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
CVSSv3.1 Severity
Impact Analysis
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..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- Low
- Base Score
- 2.6/10
- Exploit Score
- 4.9/10
- Access Vector
- Network
- Access Complexity
- High
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 2.9/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- Partial
- Availability Impact
- None
- Integrity Impact
- None
CVSSv3.1 Score
- Severity
- Medium
- Base Score
- 5.3/10
- Exploit Score
- 1.6/10
- Access Vector
- Network
- Access Complexity
- High
- Privileges Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 3.6/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- High
- Availability Impact
- None
- Integrity Impact
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- User Interaction
- Required
Products Affected
CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:lynx_project:lynx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - |
References
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/1
- https://github.com/w3c/libwww/blob/f010b4cc58d32f34b162f0084fe093f7097a61f0/Library/src/
- https://lynx.invisible-island.net/current/CHANGES.html
- https://bugs.debian.org/991971
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/11
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/9
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/12
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/11
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00010.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4953
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org