Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2016-9179

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - 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...

CVE-2016-9179 affecting package lynx 2.9.0~dev.9-5

CVE-2016-9179 affecting package lynx 2.9.0dev.9-5. This CVE either no longer is or was never applicable...

RHEL 6 : lynx (Unpatched Vulnerability)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability that has been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched. - lynx: Invalid URL parsing of pages containing '?' CVE-2016-9179 Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but...

RHEL 7 : lynx (Unpatched Vulnerability)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched. - lynx: Invalid URL parsing of pages containing '?' CVE-2016-9179 - lynx: Use after free in...

RHEL 6 : lynx (Unpatched Vulnerability)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability that has been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched. - lynx: Invalid URL parsing of pages containing '?' CVE-2016-9179 Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM : Lynx vulnerabilities (USN-4800-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4800-1 advisory. It was discovered that Lynx incorrectly handled certain URLs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-4800-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2017-0052)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

USN-4800-1: Lynx vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Lynx incorrectly handled certain URLs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information or other unspecified impact. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. CVE-2016-9179 It was discovered that Lynx incorrectly handled certain HTML files. A...

Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for lynx (EulerOS-SA-2020-2137)

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

openSUSE Security Update : lynx (openSUSE-2017-330)

This update for lynx fixes the following issues : - CVE-2016-9179: 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. bsc1008642 This update was imported from th...

Fedora Update for lynx FEDORA-2017-c9828b259c

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

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 tricked into connecting to a different host...

CVE-2016-9179

CVE-2016-9179 concerns the Lynx web browser. The issue: Lynx does not parse the authority component of a URL correctly when the host name ends with a '?', which could allow an attacker to trick the client into connecting to a different host. Reported impact (per NVD metrics): CVSSv2 base score 5....