ALAS2-2023-2145

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2021-38165  

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. (CVE-2021-38165)

ALAS2-2023-2145


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-2145
Advisory Release Date: 2023-07-17 17:40 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-07-19 22:18 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

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. (CVE-2021-38165)


Affected Packages:

lynx


Issue Correction:
Run yum update lynx to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    lynx-2.8.9-4.amzn2.aarch64
    lynx-debuginfo-2.8.9-4.amzn2.aarch64

i686:
    lynx-2.8.9-4.amzn2.i686
    lynx-debuginfo-2.8.9-4.amzn2.i686

src:
    lynx-2.8.9-4.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    lynx-2.8.9-4.amzn2.x86_64
    lynx-debuginfo-2.8.9-4.amzn2.x86_64