MGASA-2017-0451

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    MGASA-2017-0451

    Published: 16 Dec 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated lynx package fixes security vulnerability

    Details: 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)

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0451.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22132, https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-12/msg00007.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: lynx

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/lynx?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.8.8-1.rel2.3.2.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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