CVE-2004-1617
lynx-ssl - programming error
EPSS 3.7%
Description
Lynx, lynx-ssl, and lynx-cur before 2.8.6dev.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a web page or HTML email that contains invalid HTML including (1) a TEXTAREA tag with a large COLS value and (2) a large tag name in an element that is not terminated, as demonstrated by mangleme. NOTE: a followup suggests that the relevant trigger for this issue is the large COLS value.
How to fix CVE-2004-1617
To remediate CVE-2004-1617, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/lynx—upgrade to 2.8.5-2sarge1.2 or later
- —upgrade to 2.8.4.1b-3.4 or later
- —upgrade to 1:2.8.4.1b-3.3 or later
Is CVE-2004-1617 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 3.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 2.8.5-2sarge1.2
- from 0, < 2.8.4.1b-3.4
- from 0, < 1:2.8.4.1b-3.3