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A lynx security update has been released for Fedora 34.



SECURITY: Fedora 34 Update: lynx-2.8.9-13.fc34


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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2021-f59bda7d94
2021-09-08 15:05:54.167624
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Name : lynx
Product : Fedora 34
Version : 2.8.9
Release : 13.fc34
URL :   http://lynx.browser.org/
Summary : A text-based Web browser
Description :
Lynx is a text-based Web browser. Lynx does not display any images,
but it does support frames, tables, and most other HTML tags. One
advantage Lynx has over graphical browsers is speed; Lynx starts and
exits quickly and swiftly displays web pages.

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Update Information:

- fix disclosure of HTTP auth credentials via SNI data (CVE-2021-38165)
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ChangeLog:

* Tue Aug 31 2021 Kamil Dudka - 2.8.9-13
- fix disclosure of HTTP auth credentials via SNI data (CVE-2021-38165)
* Thu Jul 22 2021 Fedora Release Engineering - 2.8.9-12
- Rebuilt for   https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_35_Mass_Rebuild
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References:

[ 1 ] Bug #1994998 - CVE-2021-38165 lynx: Disclosure of HTTP authentication credentials via SNI data
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1994998
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2021-f59bda7d94' at the command
line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
  http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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