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CVE-2004-1617 Detail

Current 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.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/mangleme/gallery/ Vendor Advisory 
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-October/027709.html Vendor Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109811406620511&w=2
http://securitytracker.com/id?1011809
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1076
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1077
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1085
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435689/30/4740/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11443 Exploit  Vendor Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17804

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2004-1617
NVD Published Date:
10/18/2004
NVD Last Modified:
10/19/2018
Source:
MITRE