CVE-2021-38165

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CVE-2021-38165

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Upstream information

CVE-2021-38165 at MITRE

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.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	2.6
Vector	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	High
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Partial
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	None

CVSS v3 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	5.3
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector	Network
Attack Complexity	High
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact	High
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	None
CVSSv3 Version	3.1

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1189354 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
SUSE Liberty Linux 8	lynx >= 2.8.9-4.el8	Patchnames: RHSA-2022:2129

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Sat Aug 7 21:00:01 2021
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 30 18:14:23 2023