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CVE-2021-38165

Date: August 7, 2021

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.

Severity Score

5.3

Related Resources (20)

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4953

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-38165

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38165

Url: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/11

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/9

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00010.html

Url: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/7

Url: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2021-38165

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VKNK7GQBJBUBMJVNKVC7RTCYWUYMFJQW/

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-38165

Url: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/1

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/11

Url: https://github.com/w3c/libwww/blob/f010b4cc58d32f34b162f0084fe093f7097a61f0/Library/src/HTParse.c#L118

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2021-38165

Url: https://bugs.debian.org/991971

Url: https://lynx.invisible-island.net/current/CHANGES.html

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/12

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K6PZF7JNTFCOJ62HXZG4Q2NEHSZ6IO2V/

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7YMUHFJJWTZ6HBHTYXVDPNZINGGURHDW/

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-38165

Severity Score

5.3

Weakness Type (CWE)

Insufficiently Protected Credentials

CWE-522

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.3
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	2.6
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE
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CVE-2021-38165

Date: August 7, 2021

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