[pkg-lynx-maint] Bug#991971: Processed: Re: Bug#991971: [Lynx-dev] bug in Lynx' SSL certificate validation -> leaks password in clear text via SNI (under some circumstances)

Andreas Metzler ametzler at bebt.de
Sat Aug 7 17:00:19 BST 2021


On 2021-08-07 Debian Bug Tracking System <owner at bugs.debian.org> wrote:
> Processing commands for control at bugs.debian.org:

> > tags 991971 fixed-upstream
> Bug #991971 [lynx] lynx: SSL certificate validation fails with URLs containing user name or user name and password, i.e. https://user:password@host/ and https://user@host/; leaks password in clear text via SNI
> Added tag(s) fixed-upstream.

Hello,

I have just uploaded .9 to experimental. The deadline for bulleye
unblock requests has passed, so we will need to fix this by
security/point release.

@Fellow lynx-maintainers: Do you have a preferred branch name for
bullseye? I would go for "11_bullseye".

cu Andreas
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