The remote Debian 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-2736 advisory.

  - 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. (CVE-2021-38165)

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

The version of lynx installed on the remote host is prior to 2.8.9-4. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2145 advisory.

  - 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. (CVE-2021-38165)

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

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4800-1 advisory.

  - 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. (CVE-2016-9179)

  - 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. (CVE-2017-1000211)

  - 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. (CVE-2021-38165)

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

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - lynx: Invalid URL parsing of pages containing '?' (CVE-2016-9179)

  - lynx: Use after free in HTML.c:HTML_put_string() can lead to memory disclosure (CVE-2017-1000211)

  - 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. (CVE-2021-38165)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-4953 advisory.

  - 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. (CVE-2021-38165)

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

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2024-535 advisory.

  - 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. (CVE-2021-38165)

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

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:2129 advisory.

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

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

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the lynx-2.8.9-18.el9 build changelog.

  - 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. (CVE-2021-38165)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
152383	Debian DLA-2736-1 : lynx - LTS security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	8/10/2021	1/20/2022	medium
178494	Amazon Linux 2 : lynx (ALAS-2023-2145)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	7/20/2023	7/20/2023	medium
183113	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM : Lynx vulnerabilities (USN-4800-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	10/16/2023	10/16/2023	high
195457	RHEL 7 : lynx (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	5/11/2024	5/11/2024	high
152395	Debian DSA-4953-1 : lynx - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	8/10/2021	1/20/2022	medium
190741	Amazon Linux 2023 : lynx (ALAS2023-2024-535)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	2/20/2024	2/20/2024	medium
160999	RHEL 8 : lynx (RHSA-2022:2129)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	5/11/2022	4/28/2024	medium
191235	CentOS 9 : lynx-2.8.9-18.el9	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	2/29/2024	4/26/2024	medium

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