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🗓️ 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (c) 2005 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.comType 
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#
#VID c01170bf-4990-11da-a1b8-000854d03344
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $
# Description: Auto generated from vuxml or freebsd advisories
#
# Authors:
# Thomas Reinke <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2008 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com
# Text descriptions are largely excerpted from the referenced
# advisories, and are Copyright (c) the respective author(s)
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
# as published by the Free Software Foundation
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
#

include("revisions-lib.inc");
tag_insight = "The following package is affected: lynx

CVE-2005-3120
Stack-based buffer overflow in the HTrjis function in Lynx 2.8.6 and
earlier allows remote NNTP servers to execute arbitrary code via
certain article headers that cause Lynx to add extra escape (ESC)
characters.";
tag_solution = "Update your system with the appropriate patches or
software upgrades.

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-October/038019.html
http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/c01170bf-4990-11da-a1b8-000854d03344.html";
tag_summary = "The remote host is missing an update to the system
as announced in the referenced advisory.";


if(description)
{
 script_id(55743);
 script_version("$Revision: 4128 $");
 script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2016-09-22 07:37:51 +0200 (Thu, 22 Sep 2016) $");
 script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-09-04 20:41:11 +0200 (Thu, 04 Sep 2008)");
 script_bugtraq_id(15117);
 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_name("FreeBSD Ports: lynx");



 script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

 script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2005 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com");
 script_family("FreeBSD Local Security Checks");
 script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
 script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/freebsdrel", "login/SSH/success");
 script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
 script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
 script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
 script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
 script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
 exit(0);
}

#
# The script code starts here
#

include("pkg-lib-bsd.inc");

txt = "";
vuln = 0;
bver = portver(pkg:"lynx");
if(!isnull(bver) && revcomp(a:bver, b:"2.8.5_1")<0) {
    txt += 'Package lynx version ' + bver + ' is installed which is known to be vulnerable.\n';
    vuln = 1;
}
if(!isnull(bver) && revcomp(a:bver, b:"2.8.6*")>0 && revcomp(a:bver, b:"2.8.6d14")<0) {
    txt += 'Package lynx version ' + bver + ' is installed which is known to be vulnerable.\n';
    vuln = 1;
}

if(vuln) {
    security_message(data:string(txt));
} else if (__pkg_match) {
    exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}

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04 Sep 2008 00:00Current
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Vulners AI Score0.3
EPSS0.3044
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