MidnightBSD

Advisories for lynx_project

CVE-2014-5002 LOW

The lynx gem before 1.0.0 for Ruby places the configured password on command lines, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing processes.

CVSS 2.0

Severity: LOW

Problem Type: CWE-255,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
lynx_project lynx *
CVE-2017-1000211 MEDIUM

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

CVSS 2.0

Severity: MEDIUM

Problem Type: CWE-416,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
lynx_project lynx 2.8.9
CVE-2021-38165 LOW

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.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 5.3 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N 1.6 3.6

CVSS 2.0

Severity: LOW

Problem Type: CWE-522,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
fedoraproject fedora 33
debian debian_linux 10.0
fedoraproject fedora 34
fedoraproject fedora 35
debian debian_linux 9.0
lynx_project lynx *