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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-4690: Lynx: Arbitrary command execution

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-4690: Lynx: Arbitrary command execution

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
10/22/2008
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

lynx 2.8.6dev.15 and earlier, when advanced mode is enabled and lynx is configured as a URL handler, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted lynxcgi: URL, a related issue to CVE-2005-2929. NOTE: this might only be a vulnerability in limited deployments that have defined a lynxcgi: handler.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-www-client-lynx

References

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