{"id":"MGASA-2017-0451","summary":"Updated lynx package fixes security vulnerability","details":"Lynx before 2.8.9dev.16 is vulnerable to a use after free in the HTML\nparser resulting in memory disclosure, because HTML_put_string() can\nappend a chunk onto itself. (CVE-2017-1000211)\n","modified":"2026-04-16T06:22:22.531548972Z","published":"2017-12-16T23:20:04Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-1000211"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0451.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22132"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-12/msg00007.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"lynx","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/lynx?arch=source&distro=mageia-5"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.8.8-1.rel2.3.2.mga5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0451.json"}},{"package":{"name":"lynx","ecosystem":"Mageia:6","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/lynx?arch=source&distro=mageia-6"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.8.8-1.rel2.6.1.mga6"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0451.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}