CVE-2004-1617

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 None
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2004-1617
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2004-10-18T04:00:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-10-19T15:30:49
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.5_dev2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.5_dev3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.5_dev4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.5_dev5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.2_rel1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.5_dev8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.3_dev22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.3_pre5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.3_rel1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.4_rel1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.5_dev2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.5_dev3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.5_dev4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.5_dev5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_kansas:lynx:2.8.5_dev8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-October/027709.html Vendor Advisory
http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/mangleme/gallery/ Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11443 Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1011809
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1077
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1076
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1085
http://secunia.com/advisories/20383 Vendor Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109811406620511&w=2
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17804
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435689/30/4740/threaded
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1617
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-1617
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:06:09 Added to TrackCVE