CVE-2016-9179 — Improper Input Validation in Lynx

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation10 documents8 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 49.05%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Debian LynxMsrc Azl3 Lynx 2.9.0-1 ON Azure Linux 3.0Msrc Cbl2 Lynx 2.9.0dev.9-5 ON CBL Mariner 2.0
Timeline
PublishedDec 22
Latest updateMay 17

Description

lynx: It was found that Lynx doesn't parse the authority component of the URL correctly when the host name part ends with '?', and could instead be tricked into connecting to a different host.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/lynx< lynx 2.8.9dev11-1 (bookworm)

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-r2wx-qjhc-7h6p: lynx: It was found that Lynx doesn't parse the authority component of the URL correctly when the host name part ends with '?', and could instead be tr↗2022-05-17
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OSV
lynx vulnerabilities↗2021-03-15
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OSV
CVE-2016-9179: lynx: It was found that Lynx doesn't parse the authority component of the URL correctly when the host name part ends with '?', and could instead be tr↗2016-12-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
Lynx vulnerabilities↗2021-03-15
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Microsoft
It was found that Lynx doesn't parse the authority component of the URL correctly↗2016-12-13
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Red Hat
lynx: Invalid URL parsing of pages containing '?'↗2016-11-03
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Debian
CVE-2016-9179: lynx - lynx: It was found that Lynx doesn't parse the authority component of the URL co...↗2016
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-9179 lynx: Invalid URL parsing of pages containing '?' [fedora-all]↗2016-11-04
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-9179 lynx: Invalid URL parsing of pages containing '?'↗2016-11-04
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