Upstream information
Description
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.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
| National Vulnerability Database | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 5 |
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
| National Vulnerability Database | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 5.3 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact | Low |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3 |
SUSE Security Advisories:
- SUSE-SU-2017:3180-1, published Fri Dec 1 10:14:16 MST 2017 openSUSE-SU-2017:3198-1
List of released packages
| Product(s) | Fixed package version(s) | References |
|---|---|---|
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 |
| Patchnames: sdksp4-lynx-13360 |
Status of this issue by product and package
Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.
| Product(s) | Source package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 | lynx | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 | lynx | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 | lynx | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 | lynx | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 | lynx | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 | lynx | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2 | lynx | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 | lynx | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 | lynx | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Bootstrap Kit 12 | lynx | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 | lynx | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 | lynx | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 | lynx | Released |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Fri Nov 17 19:03:07 2017CVE page last modified: Thu Jul 25 17:07:25 2024