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CVE-2021-38165

CVE information

Published

2 years ago

Last Modified

5 months ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Low

CVSSv3.1 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

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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
- -

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