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CVE-2008-4690

Published: Oct 22, 2008

Modified: Aug 7, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

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affected
n/a

References

FEDORA-2008-9597
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
RHSA-2008:0965
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
32967
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
MDVSA-2008:218
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
SUSE-SR:2009:002
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
FEDORA-2008-9550
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
33568
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
lynx-lynxcgi-code-execution(46228)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
MDVSA-2008:217
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
1021105
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
32416
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11204
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL

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