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A remote attacker\ncould possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information or other\nunspecified impact. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.\n(CVE-2016-9179)\n\nIt was discovered that Lynx incorrectly handled certain HTML files. A remote\nattacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information.\nThis issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2017-1000211)\n\nThorsten Glaser discovered that Lynx mishandles the userinfo subcomponents of\na URI. An attacker monitoring the network could discover cleartext\ncredentials because they may appear in SNI data. (CVE-2021-38165)","status":"published","published":"2021-03-15T21:24:24Z","modified":"2026-06-25T13:30:26.449950133Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:58:15.159055Z"}]}}