Bug 1391861 – CVE-2016-9179 lynx: Invalid URL parsing of pages containing '?'

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Bug 1391861 - (CVE-2016-9179) CVE-2016-9179 lynx: Invalid URL parsing of pages containing '?'

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

Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX

Aliases:	CVE-2016-9179

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Keywords:	Security

Depends On:	1391862
Blocks:	1391864
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Reported:	2016-11-04 05:24 EDT by Andrej Nemec
Modified:	2016-11-15 01:25 EST (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2016-11-08 01:32:56 EST
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Description Andrej Nemec 2016-11-04 05:24:13 EDT

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.

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http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/322

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2016-11-04 05:25:26 EDT

Created lynx tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1391862]

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