Debian Security Advisory
DLA-1175-1 lynx-cur -- LTS security update
- Date Reported:
- 18 Nov 2017
- Affected Packages:
- lynx-cur
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-1000211.
- More information:
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It was discovered that there was a use-after-free vulnerability in the HTML parser of lynx-cur, a terminal-based web browser. This could have led to memory/information disclosure.
For Debian 7
Wheezy
, this issue has been fixed in lynx-cur version 2.8.8dev.12-2+deb7u2.We recommend that you upgrade your lynx-cur packages.