PT-2004-3764 · Lynx · Lynx

Michal Zalewski · Published 1970-01-01 · Updated 2018-10-19 · CVE-2004-1617

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Lynx, lynx-ssl, and lynx-cur versions prior to 2.8.6dev.8

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, potentially leading to disruption of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information. This can be triggered by a web page or HTML email containing invalid HTML, including a TEXTAREA tag with a large COLS value. The exploitation of this issue can be performed remotely.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.8.6dev.8, update to version 2.8.6dev.8 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to web pages or HTML emails that may contain invalid HTML until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-04083

BDU:2015-04084

CVE-2004-1617

DSA-1076-1

DSA-1077-1

Affected Products

Lynx

References · 20

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/11443 · Exploit
• http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/mangleme/gallery · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1077 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-1617 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2004-1617 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-1617 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20383 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1085 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-04083 · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1076 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3120 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-04084 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1617 · Security Note
• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-October/027709.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2004-1617 · Vendor Advisory