CVE-2021-38165

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.

Affected Platforms

Weakness Type

CWE-522

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/11
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/12
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/07/9
• https://bugs.debian.org/991971
• https://github.com/w3c/libwww/blob/f010b4cc58d32f34b162f0084fe093f7097a61f0/Libr…
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00010.html