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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-38165: Insufficiently Protected Credentials

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-38165: Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
08/07/2021
Created
04/09/2024
Added
03/26/2024
Modified
04/09/2024

Description

Lynx through 2.8.9 mishandles the userinfo subcomponent of a URI, which allows remote attackers to discover cleartext credentials because they may appear in SNI data.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-lynx

References

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