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CVE-2021-38165

CVE-2021-38165

EPSS 4.5%
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.
Affected products
n/a · n/a

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References
https://bugs.debian.org/991971https://github.com/w3c/libwww/blob/f010b4cc58d32f34b162f0084fe093f7097a61f0/Library/src/HTParse.c#L118https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00010.htmlhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7YMUHFJJWTZ6HBHTYXVDPNZINGGURHDW/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K6PZF7JNTFCOJ62HXZG4Q2NEHSZ6IO2V/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VKNK7GQBJBUBMJVNKVC7RTCYWUYMFJQW/https://lynx.invisible-island.net/current/CHANGES.htmlhttps://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4953https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/1https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/11http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/11http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/12