Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-1000211 - Use After Free vulnerability in Lynx Project Lynx 2.8.9

047910
CVSS 5.3 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
LOW
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
network
low complexity
lynx-project
CWE-416
nessus
NVD
Published: 2017-11-17
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

Lynx before 2.8.9dev.16 is vulnerable to a use after free in the HTML parser resulting in memory disclosure, because HTML_put_string() can append a chunk onto itself.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Lynx_Project
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2017-BF172B2035.NASL
    description - update to the latest upstream pre-release (fixes CVE-2017-1000211) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2017-12-28
    plugin id105476
    published2017-12-28
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/105476
    titleFedora 26 : lynx (2017-bf172b2035)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2017-1332.NASL
    descriptionThis update for lynx fixes the following issues : Security issue fixed : - CVE-2017-1000211: Fix use after free in the HTMLparser that can resulting in memory disclosure (bsc#1068885). This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2017-12-14
    plugin id105226
    published2017-12-14
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/105226
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : lynx (openSUSE-2017-1332)
  • NASL familyHuawei Local Security Checks
    NASL idEULEROS_SA-2020-1410.NASL
    descriptionAccording to the version of the lynx package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - Lynx is a text-based Web browser. Lynx does not display any images,but it does support frames, tables, and most other HTML tags. One advantage Lynx has over graphical browsers is speed Lynx starts and exits quickly and swiftly displays web pages.Security Fix(es):Lynx before 2.8.9dev.16 is vulnerable to a use after free in the HTML parser resulting in memory disclosure, because HTML_put_string() can append a chunk onto itself.(CVE-2017-1000211) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-05-06
    modified2020-04-15
    plugin id135539
    published2020-04-15
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/135539
    titleEulerOS 2.0 SP3 : lynx (EulerOS-SA-2020-1410)
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DLA-1175.NASL
    descriptionIt was discovered that there was a use-after-free vulnerability in the HTML parser of lynx-cur, a terminal-based web browser. This could have led to memory/information disclosure. For Debian 7
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2017-11-20
    plugin id104678
    published2017-11-20
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/104678
    titleDebian DLA-1175-1 : lynx-cur security update

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