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CVE-2021-38165

Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Published: Aug 07, 2021 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
5.3
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
2.6 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
5.3 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38165
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/522.html

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.

Weakness

The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Lynx Lynx_project * 2.8.9 (including)
Lynx Ubuntu bionic *
Lynx Ubuntu esm-apps/bionic *
Lynx Ubuntu esm-apps/focal *
Lynx Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Lynx Ubuntu focal *
Lynx Ubuntu hirsute *
Lynx Ubuntu trusty *
Lynx Ubuntu upstream *
Lynx Ubuntu xenial *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RedHat lynx-0:2.8.9-4.el8 *

Potential Mitigations

References

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