Upstream information

CVE-2017-1000211 at MITRE

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.

CVSS v2 Scores
  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
CVSS v3 Scores
  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 Bugzilla entry: 1068885 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

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
  • lynx >= 2.8.6-146.3.1
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Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated.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 2017
CVE page last modified: Thu Jul 25 17:07:25 2024