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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2016-9179: Vulnerability in Lynx

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Dec 22, 2016
Added
Oct 19, 2018
Modified
Feb 17, 2022

Description

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.

Solution

oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-entire-11-4-11-4-0-0-1-15-0
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