Description:
According to a iDEFENSE security advisory [0], a command injection
vulnerability exists in the Lynx [2] WWW textual client. The
vulnerability could allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands
with the privileges of the underlying user. The problem specifically
exists within the feature to execute local "cgi-bin" programs via the
"lynxcgi:" URI handler. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)
project assigned the id CVE-2005-2929 [3] to the problem.
Additionally, according to a security advisory from Ulf Harnhammar
[1], a stack-based buffer overflow in the "HTrjis" function in Lynx
allows remote NNTP servers to execute arbitrary code via certain
article headers containing Asian characters that cause Lynx to
add extra escape (ESC) characters. The Common Vulnerabilities and
Exposures (CVE) project assigned the id CVE-2005-3120 [4] to the
problem.
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OpenPKG Security Advisory The OpenPKG Project
http://www.openpkg.org/security.html http://www.openpkg.org
openpkg-security (at) openpkg (dot) org [email concealed] openpkg (at) openpkg (dot) org [email concealed]
OpenPKG-SA-2005.026 03-Dec-2005
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Package: lynx
Vulnerability: command injection
OpenPKG Specific: no
Affected Releases: Affected Packages: Corrected Packages:
OpenPKG CURRENT <= lynx-2.8.5-20051030 >= lynx-2.8.5.5-20051203
OpenPKG 2.5 <= lynx-2.8.5-2.5.0 >= lynx-2.8.5-2.5.1
OpenPKG 2.4 <= lynx-2.8.5-2.4.0 >= lynx-2.8.5-2.4.1
OpenPKG 2.3 <= lynx-2.8.5-2.3.0 >= lynx-2.8.5-2.3.1
Description:
According to a iDEFENSE security advisory [0], a command injection
vulnerability exists in the Lynx [2] WWW textual client. The
vulnerability could allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands
with the privileges of the underlying user. The problem specifically
exists within the feature to execute local "cgi-bin" programs via the
"lynxcgi:" URI handler. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)
project assigned the id CVE-2005-2929 [3] to the problem.
Additionally, according to a security advisory from Ulf Harnhammar
[1], a stack-based buffer overflow in the "HTrjis" function in Lynx
allows remote NNTP servers to execute arbitrary code via certain
article headers containing Asian characters that cause Lynx to
add extra escape (ESC) characters. The Common Vulnerabilities and
Exposures (CVE) project assigned the id CVE-2005-3120 [4] to the
problem.
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References:
[0] http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=338
[1] http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-October/038019.h
tml
[2] http://lynx.isc.org/
[3] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2929
[4] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3120
________________________________________________________________________
For security reasons, this advisory was digitally signed with the
OpenPGP public key "OpenPKG <openpkg (at) openpkg (dot) org [email concealed]>" (ID 63C4CB9F) of the
OpenPKG project which you can retrieve from http://pgp.openpkg.org and
hkp://pgp.openpkg.org. Follow the instructions on http://pgp.openpkg.org/
for details on how to verify the integrity of this advisory.
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