Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200510-15 (Lynx)
🗓️ 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.Type
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 54 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynx < 2.8.6 dev14 NNTP Headers Buffer Overflow | 17 Oct 200500:00 | – | nessus | |
| CentOS 3 / 4 : lynx (CESA-2005:803) | 3 Jul 200600:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DSA-1085-1 : lynx-cur - several vulnerabilities | 14 Oct 200600:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DSA-874-1 : lynx - buffer overflow | 14 Oct 200600:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DSA-876-1 : lynx-ssl - buffer overflow | 14 Oct 200600:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora Core 3 : lynx-2.8.5-18.0.1 (2005-993) | 19 Oct 200500:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora Core 4 : lynx-2.8.5-23.1 (2005-994) | 19 Oct 200500:00 | – | nessus | |
| FreeBSD : lynx -- remote buffer overflow (c01170bf-4990-11da-a1b8-000854d03344) | 13 May 200600:00 | – | nessus | |
| GLSA-200510-15 : Lynx: Buffer overflow in NNTP processing | 19 Oct 200500:00 | – | nessus | |
| Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : lynx (MDKSA-2005:186-1) | 19 Oct 200500:00 | – | nessus |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| bugs | www.bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi |
| securityspace | www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html |
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/15117 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 E-Soft Inc.
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.55658");
script_version("2024-02-05T05:05:38+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-05 05:05:38 +0000 (Mon, 05 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-09-24 21:14:03 +0200 (Wed, 24 Sep 2008)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2005-3120");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2024-02-02 14:00:54 +0000 (Fri, 02 Feb 2024)");
script_name("Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200510-15 (Lynx)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.");
script_family("Gentoo Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/gentoo", "ssh/login/pkg");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Lynx contains a buffer overflow that may be exploited to execute arbitrary
code.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"All Lynx users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-client/lynx-2.8.5-r1'");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200510-15");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15117");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=108451");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200510-15.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("pkg-lib-gentoo.inc");
include("revisions-lib.inc");
res = "";
report = "";
report = "";
if ((res = ispkgvuln(pkg:"www-client/lynx", unaffected: make_list("ge 2.8.5-r1"), vulnerable: make_list("lt 2.8.5-r1"))) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if (report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
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