Bug 172973 - CVE-2005-2929 lynx arbitrary command execution
Summary: CVE-2005-2929 lynx arbitrary command execution
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: lynx
Version: 4
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
urgent
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Tim Waugh
QA Contact: Brian Brock
URL:
Whiteboard: impact=critical,public=20051111,repor...
Keywords: Security
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-11-11 18:30 UTC by Josh Bressers
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:11 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2006-01-12 14:33:07 UTC

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Description Josh Bressers 2005-11-11 18:30:40 UTC 
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 18:05:54 UTC 
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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