CVE-2004-1617

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Summary

CVECVE-2004-1617
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-10-18 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionLynx, 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application University Of Kansas Lynx 2.7 All All All
Application University Of Kansas Lynx 2.8 All All All
Application University Of Kansas Lynx 2.8.1 All All All
Application University Of Kansas Lynx 2.8.2_rel1 All All All
Application University Of Kansas Lynx 2.8.3 All All All
Application University Of Kansas Lynx 2.8.3_dev22 All All All
Application University Of Kansas Lynx 2.8.3_pre5 All All All
Application University Of Kansas Lynx 2.8.3_rel1 All All All
Application University Of Kansas Lynx 2.8.4 All All All
Application University Of Kansas Lynx 2.8.4_rel1 All All All
Application University Of Kansas Lynx 2.8.5 All All All
Application University Of Kansas Lynx 2.8.5_dev2 All All All
Application University Of Kansas Lynx 2.8.5_dev3 All All All
Application University Of Kansas Lynx 2.8.5_dev4 All All All
Application University Of Kansas Lynx 2.8.5_dev5 All All All
Application University Of Kansas Lynx 2.8.5_dev8 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Lynx Malformed HTML Infinite Loop Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1076-1 lynx af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
'Web browsers - a mini-farce' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Debian update for lynx-cur - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[Full-Disclosure] Web browsers - a mini-farce af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.grok.org.uk Vendor Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Lynx HTML Parsing Errors Let Remote Users Deny Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1077-1 lynx-ssl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
wrong number (404) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lcamtuf.coredump.cx Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1085-1 lynx-cur af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
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