UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000211

Lynx before 2.8.9dev.16 is vulnerable to a use after free in the HTML parser resulting in memory disclosure, because HTMLputstring() can append a chunk onto itself.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / lynx

Package

Name: lynx
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/lynx@2.8.9dev8-4ubuntu1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.8.9dev8-4ubuntu1+esm1

Affected versions

2.*

2.8.9dev8-4ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "lynx",
            "binary_version": "2.8.9dev8-4ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lynx-common",
            "binary_version": "2.8.9dev8-4ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lynx-cur",
            "binary_version": "2.8.9dev8-4ubuntu1+esm1"
        }
    ]
}