PT-2005-3778 · Lynx+2 · Lynx+2

Vade79 · Published 2005-11-11 · Updated 2018-10-19 · CVE-2005-2929

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 versions prior to 2.8.6dev.15

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via certain links, including lynxcgi:, lynxexec, and lynxprog links, due to improper restrictions in the default configuration in some environments.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.8.6dev.15, update to version 2.8.6dev.15 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-1970

CVE-2005-2929

RHSA-2005:839

RHSA-2005_839

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Lynx

Red Hat

References · 41

• http://gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-09.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2018-1970 · Vendor Advisory
• http://idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=338&type=vulnerabilities · Vendor Advisory
• ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.7/SCOSA-2006.7.txt · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-04083 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3120 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17372 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17512 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17576 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17556 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-08356 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17666 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18659 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-08355 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-7234 · Security Note