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Debian DSA-874-1 : lynx - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 22740

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Ulf Harnhammar discovered a buffer overflow in lynx, a text-mode browser for the WWW that can be remotely exploited. During the handling of Asian characters when connecting to an NNTP server lynx can be tricked to write past the boundary of a buffer which can lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the lynx package.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.8.4.1b-3.3.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.8.5-2sarge1.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-874

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22740

File Name: debian_DSA-874.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lynx, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 10/27/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/17/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-3120

DSA: 874