Bug 172973 – CVE-2005-2929 lynx arbitrary command execution

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Bug 172973 - CVE-2005-2929 lynx arbitrary command execution

Summary:	CVE-2005-2929 lynx arbitrary command execution

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Fedora
Classification:	Fedora
Component:	lynx (Show other bugs)
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Version:	4
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity urgent
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Assigned To:	Tim Waugh
QA Contact:	Brian Brock
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Keywords:	Security

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Reported:	2005-11-11 13:30 EST by Josh Bressers
Modified:	2007-11-30 17:11 EST (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Last Closed:	2006-01-12 09:33:07 EST
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Description Josh Bressers 2005-11-11 13:30:40 EST

lynx arbitrary command execution

It is possible for a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands as
the user running lynx by using specially crafted  lynxcgi: URL.
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=full-disclosure&m=113172754719215&w=2


This issue also affects FC3

Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2005-11-14 13:05:54 EST

From User-Agent: XML-RPC

lynx-2.8.5-23.2 has been pushed for FC4, which should resolve this issue.  If these problems are still present in this version, then please make note of it in this bug report.

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