The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'lynx-ssl' package(s) due to a vulnerability discovered in the popular text-mode WWW Browser
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 21 |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | CVE-2004-1617 | 18 Oct 200404:00 | – | osv |
![]() | DSA-1077-1 lynx-ssl - programming error | 26 May 200600:00 | – | osv |
![]() | DSA-1076-1 lynx - programming error | 26 May 200600:00 | – | osv |
![]() | Debian Security Advisory DSA 1076-1 (lynx) | 17 Jan 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Debian Security Advisory DSA 1077-1 (lynx-ssl) | 17 Jan 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1076-1) | 17 Jan 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Debian Security Advisory DSA 1085-1 (lynx-ssl) | 17 Jan 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1085-1) | 17 Jan 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | [SECURITY] [DSA 1076-1] New lynx packages fix denial of service | 26 May 200613:53 | – | debian |
![]() | [SECURITY] [DSA 1076-1] New lynx packages fix denial of service | 26 May 200613:53 | – | debian |
Source | Link |
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debian | www.debian.org/security/2006/DSA-1077-1 |
security-tracker | www.security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-1077 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Greenbone AG
# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.56806");
script_cve_id("CVE-2004-1617");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-17 22:09:45 +0000 (Thu, 17 Jan 2008)");
script_version("2024-02-01T14:37:10+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-01 14:37:10 +0000 (Thu, 01 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_name("Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1077-1)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=DEB3\.0");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"DSA-1077-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2006/DSA-1077-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-1077");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'lynx-ssl' package(s) announced via the DSA-1077-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Michal Zalewski discovered that lynx, the popular text-mode WWW Browser, is not able to grok invalid HTML including a TEXTAREA tag with a large COLS value and a large tag name in an element that is not terminated, and loops forever trying to render the broken HTML. The same code is present in lynx-ssl.
For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.8.4.1b-3.3.
The stable distribution (sarge) does not contain lynx-ssl packages anymore.
The unstable distribution (sid) does not contain lynx-ssl packages anymore.
We recommend that you upgrade your lynx-ssl package.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'lynx-ssl' package(s) on Debian 3.0.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");
release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "DEB3.0") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"lynx-ssl", ver:"1:2.8.4.1b-3.3", rls:"DEB3.0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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