Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-2145
Advisory Release Date: 2023-07-17 17:40 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-07-19 22:18 Pacific
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
Lynx through 2.8.9 mishandles the userinfo subcomponent of a URI, which allows remote attackers to discover cleartext credentials because they may appear in SNI data. (CVE-2021-38165)
Affected Packages:
lynx
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update lynx to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
lynx-2.8.9-4.amzn2.aarch64
lynx-debuginfo-2.8.9-4.amzn2.aarch64
i686:
lynx-2.8.9-4.amzn2.i686
lynx-debuginfo-2.8.9-4.amzn2.i686
src:
lynx-2.8.9-4.amzn2.src
x86_64:
lynx-2.8.9-4.amzn2.x86_64
lynx-debuginfo-2.8.9-4.amzn2.x86_64