[Secure-testing-team] Bug#843258: ynx: CVE-2016-9179

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: lynx
Version: 2.8.9dev9-1
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for lynx. TTBOMK there is no
upstream patch yet, but has been promised to look into it.

CVE-2016-9179[0]:
invalid URL parsing with '?'

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9179
[1] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/03/4
[2] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/04/8

Regards,
Salvatore