ubuntu · CVE-2016-9179

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Priority: low Published: 2016-12-22 21:59:00 UTC Updated: 2025-08-25 22:13:20 UTC

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Tracker summary

CVE-2016-9179 low priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (lynx, lynx-cur), 32 status rows across 16 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, precise, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 16, not-affected 9, ignored 4, needs-triage 2, released 1.

Description:

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.

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