CVE-2004-1617 | BDVDB-2026-8421 Detail
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11443
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109811406620511&w=2
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1077
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1011809
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435689/30/4740/threaded
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1076
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1085
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-October/027709.html
- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/mangleme/gallery/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20383
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17804
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.