CVE-2004-1617
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Feb 20, 2005
- Updated
- Aug 8, 2024
- Reserved
- Feb 20, 2005
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 11443vdb-entry
- 20041018 Web browsers - a mini-farcemailing-list
- DSA-1077vendor-advisory
- 1011809vdb-entry
- 20060602 Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 1085-1] New lynx-cur packages fix several vulnerabilitiesmailing-list
- DSA-1076vendor-advisory
- DSA-1085vendor-advisory
- 20041018 Web browsers - a mini-farcemailing-list
- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/mangleme/gallery/
- 20383third-party-advisory
- lynx-dos(17804)vdb-entry
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