lynx security update

2005-11-1201:33:47

CentOS Project

lists.centos.org

7.5 High

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.018 Low

EPSS

Percentile

88.2%

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CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2005:839

Lynx is a text-based Web browser.

An arbitrary command execute bug was found in the lynx “lynxcgi:” URI
handler. An attacker could create a web page redirecting to a malicious URL
which could execute arbitrary code as the user running lynx. The Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures project assigned the name CVE-2005-2929 to
this issue.

Users should update to this erratum package, which contains a backported
patch to correct this issue.

Affected packages:
lynx

Upstream details at:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:839

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
CentOS4i386lynx< 2.8.5-18.2lynx-2.8.5-18.2.i386.rpm
CentOS4x86_64lynx< 2.8.5-18.2lynx-2.8.5-18.2.x86_64.rpm
CentOS3ia64lynx< 2.8.5-11.2lynx-2.8.5-11.2.ia64.rpm
CentOS4ia64lynx< 2.8.5-18.2lynx-2.8.5-18.2.ia64.rpm
CentOS4alphalynx< 2.8.5-18.2lynx-2.8.5-18.2.alpha.rpm
CentOS3s390lynx< 2.8.5-11.2lynx-2.8.5-11.2.s390.rpm
CentOS3s390xlynx< 2.8.5-11.2lynx-2.8.5-11.2.s390x.rpm
CentOS4s390lynx< 2.8.5-18.2lynx-2.8.5-18.2.s390.rpm
CentOS4s390xlynx< 2.8.5-18.2lynx-2.8.5-18.2.s390x.rpm
CentOS3i386lynx< 2.8.5-11.2lynx-2.8.5-11.2.i386.rpm

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
CentOS	4	i386	lynx	< 2.8.5-18.2	lynx-2.8.5-18.2.i386.rpm
CentOS	4	x86_64	lynx	< 2.8.5-18.2	lynx-2.8.5-18.2.x86_64.rpm
CentOS	3	ia64	lynx	< 2.8.5-11.2	lynx-2.8.5-11.2.ia64.rpm
CentOS	4	ia64	lynx	< 2.8.5-18.2	lynx-2.8.5-18.2.ia64.rpm
CentOS	4	alpha	lynx	< 2.8.5-18.2	lynx-2.8.5-18.2.alpha.rpm
CentOS	3	s390	lynx	< 2.8.5-11.2	lynx-2.8.5-11.2.s390.rpm
CentOS	3	s390x	lynx	< 2.8.5-11.2	lynx-2.8.5-11.2.s390x.rpm
CentOS	4	s390	lynx	< 2.8.5-18.2	lynx-2.8.5-18.2.s390.rpm
CentOS	4	s390x	lynx	< 2.8.5-18.2	lynx-2.8.5-18.2.s390x.rpm
CentOS	3	i386	lynx	< 2.8.5-11.2	lynx-2.8.5-11.2.i386.rpm