| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 91 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynx < 2.8.6 dev15 Arbitary Code Execution | 13 Nov 200500:00 | – | nessus | |
| CentOS 3 / 4 : lynx (CESA-2005:839) | 3 Jul 200600:00 | – | nessus | |
| CentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : lynx (CESA-2008:0965) | 28 Oct 200800:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora Core 3 : lynx-2.8.5-18.0.2 (2005-1078) | 15 Nov 200500:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora Core 4 : lynx-2.8.5-23.2 (2005-1079) | 15 Nov 200500:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 9 : lynx-2.8.6-17.fc9 (2008-9550) | 3 Dec 200800:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 8 : lynx-2.8.6-12.fc8 (2008-9597) | 3 Dec 200800:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 10 : lynx-2.8.6-18.fc10 (2008-9952) | 23 Apr 200900:00 | – | nessus | |
| GLSA-200511-09 : Lynx: Arbitrary command execution | 15 Nov 200500:00 | – | nessus | |
| GLSA-200909-15 : Lynx: Arbitrary command execution | 14 Sep 200900:00 | – | nessus |
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The package checks in this plugin were extracted from
# Miracle Linux Security Advisory AXSA:2008-523:02.
##
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(284494);
script_version("1.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/01/14");
script_cve_id("CVE-2005-2929", "CVE-2006-7234", "CVE-2008-4690");
script_name(english:"MiracleLinux 3 : lynx-2.8.5-28.1.1.1AXS3 (AXSA:2008-523:02)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote MiracleLinux host is missing one or more security updates.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote MiracleLinux 3 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the
AXSA:2008-523:02 advisory.
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 webpages.
Fixed bugs:
CVE-2006-7234
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Lynx before 2.8.6rel.4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code
via malicious (1) .mailcap and (2) mime.types files in the current working directory.
CVE-2008-4690
lynx 2.8.6dev.15 and earlier, when advanced mode is enabled and lynx is configured as a URL handler,
allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted lynxcgi: URL, a related issue to
CVE-2005-2929.
NOTE: this might only be a vulnerability in limited deployments that have defined a lynxcgi: handler.
CVE-2005-2929
Lynx 2.8.5, and other versions before 2.8.6dev.15, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands
via (1) lynxcgi:, (2) lynxexec, and (3) lynxprog links, which are not properly restricted in the default
configuration in some environments.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/619");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected lynx package.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2008-4690");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_severity", value:"High");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2005/11/11");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/12/08");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/01/14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:lynx");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:miracle:linux:3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Miracle Linux Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/MiracleLinux/release", "Host/MiracleLinux/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");
exit(0);
}
include('rpm2.inc');
if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_product = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/product');
if (isnull(os_product) || 'MIRACLE LINUX' >!< os_product) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'MIRACLE LINUX');
var os_version = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/version');
if (isnull(os_version)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'MIRACLE LINUX');
if (! preg(pattern:"^3([^0-9]|$)", string:os_version)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'MiracleLinux 3.x', 'MIRACLE LINUX ' + os_version);
if (!get_kb_item('Host/MiracleLinux/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('aarch64' >!< cpu && 'ppc' >!< cpu && 's390' >!< cpu && 'x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'MIRACLE LINUX', cpu);
var constraints = [
{
'release': '3',
'pkgs': [
{'reference':'lynx-2.8.5-28.1.1.1AXS3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'}
]
}
];
var os_release = get_one_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/release');
var os_sp = get_one_kb_item('Host/*/minor_release');
var flag = 0;
var reference;
var sp;
var _cpu;
var el_string;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp;
var epoch;
var allowmaj;
var exists_check;
var cves;
foreach var constraint ( constraints ) {
# Check that the target release is equal to the affected release
if (!empty_or_null(constraint['release'])){
if (constraint['release'] != os_release) continue;
}
if (!empty_or_null(constraint['sp'])){
if (constraint['sp'] != os_sp) continue;
}
foreach var pkg ( constraint['pkgs'] ) {
reference = NULL;
sp = NULL;
_cpu = NULL;
el_string = NULL;
rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
epoch = NULL;
allowmaj = NULL;
exists_check = NULL;
cves = NULL;
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cpu'])) _cpu = pkg['cpu'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['el_string'])) el_string = pkg['el_string'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['epoch'])) epoch = pkg['epoch'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = pkg['allowmaj'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
if (reference &&
## (no known rpm to check OR known rpm_exists)
(!exists_check || rpm_exists(rpm:exists_check)) &&
rpm_check(sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
}
}
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : rpm_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'lynx');
}
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