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RockyLinux 8 : lynx (RLSA-2022:2129)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 323268

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Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2022:2129 advisory.

 * lynx: Disclosure of HTTP authentication credentials via SNI data (CVE-2021-38165)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected lynx, lynx-debuginfo and / or lynx-debugsource packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1994998

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2022:2129

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 323268

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2022-2129.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 6/27/2026

Updated: 6/27/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 1.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-38165

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:lynx-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:lynx-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:lynx, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/28/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/22/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-38165